rocker with nice rhythmic and
slide solos by special guests
Punky Meadows and his guitarist
Danny Anniello reminiscent of
Guns N’ Roses’ “I Used to Love
Her.”
“Feelin’ Alright” also features
guest performances by all-star
session/touring bassist Kenny
Aaronson (Bob Dylan, Joan Jett,
The Yardbirds) and Monster
Magnet/The Atomic Bitchwax/
Cycle of Pain drummer Bob Pan-
tella, who recorded the LP at his
Freakshop Studio. The song also
sports one of those great Roth
lyrics: “Get over the trip of fame.
The warranty don’t apply. Rust
keeps getting softer, and the
veins are galvanized.”
However, the best track on “The
Blunt Truth” is an inspired cover
of “You’re One,” Merge record-
ing act Imperial Teen’s rousing
reflection on shattered rock ‘n’
roll dreams. In vocalist-guitarist
Roth’s hands as producer, the
Iggy Pop-like tune features fan-
tastic female backing vocals
and a sensational counter har-
mony by Main Man label mates
Kingston & GreyStarr, plus Ava
Perrina, drummer Pete Perrina’s
15-year-old daughter. Their
sweetness, alongside Roth’s
gruff vox, is delicious.
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Bob Makin is the reporter for www.MyCentralJersey.com/enter-
tainment and a former managing editor of The Aquarian Weekly,
which launched this column in 1988.
Contact him at [email protected].
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