(Blues/Rock) Mal Eastick - The Southern Line - 1995, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Review Published Aug 1, 1998 from ElectricBlues

Guitarist & song writer Mal Eastick hails from Australia. To my knowledge, he has not toured the US, nor is his music available outside of Australia. Too bad, because I'm sure his music would be well received here, or anywhere there is interest in blues-rock, blues, and rock ballad type music. Mal is a very talented guitarist, and singer John 'Choc' Eriwata does a fine job on vocals. The entire band is tight and well balanced.
The Southern Line is composed of about half blues-rock, half ballads & light rock tunes, and one slow blues intrumental. Mal wrote or co-wrote ten of the eleven songs. The ballads are well done and enjoyable, but there are a few too many. My favorite songs from the CD are the blues-rock and slow blues tunes.
Don't Take Advantage Of Me is upbeat blues, and the only cover song on the CD. You've probably heard this song covered by a few others. On Jumpin' With Stevie Mal tips his guitar to SRV. This is a blues-rock instrumental with Stevie overtones, including some nice work with wah-wah effects.
Two Loves is a soulful blues intrumental, with some very nice guitar and piano solos. Hearing this song on the internet motivated me to go through the effort of locating and ordering this CD from an Australian online music store. In the quick paced instrumental, The Double 'EE' Boogie, Mal trades licks with fellow Aussie guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. Of the ballads, I like Boundry Rider
the best, it's played and sung with a fair amount of emotion.
In my view, if there were a couple less ballads, and a couple more blues tunes, The Southern Line would be an outstanding CD. As it is, it is still very good, and I recommend it to anyone who likes a blend of ballads and blues.

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Biography (from ofsite)

Mal Eastick is widely considered to be Australia’s finest musical protagonist of the blues. Playing guitar since his mid-teens, Mal has achieved a standard of playing that is, at once, both envied and admired. He has played with Robert Cray, Los Lobos, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimmy Barnes and Kevin Borich, just to name a few.

Mal’s early career was epitomized by his time with legendary band, The Stars, and his work on the Andy Durant Memorial concert and album. In the 1980s Mal played in the Jimmy Barnes Band and also formed his own touring outfit. Two albums, Southern Line and Spirit have followed. Both critically acclaimed, they are available through Mal’s own label, Bluefish Records.

In 1993, after experiencing two seizures, Mal was diagnosed with an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins (known as an “AVM”) in the left temporal lobe of his brain, but it was not until 2001 that surgery became possible. After several major neurosurgeries, as well as six carpal tunnel surgeries, major rehabilitation and almost 4 years away from the stage, Mal returned to playing live.

He returned to the stage at the 2004 Longview Concert as a special guest of old friend and inspiration, Kevin Borich. Mal’s performance at that event was both emotional and powerful. He jammed that night with Kevin and Longview headliner, Joe Walsh. This event has already become part of Australian musical folklore – a Fender Stratocaster onslaught for the ages.

Mal has now crafted a dynamic new show which draws on some of the highlights of his 30 year career as one of Australia’s leading guitar players. He is making up for the lost years with a vengeance. Mal has been widening his musical horizons, through honky-tonk and rock. He has created an acoustic duo with vocalist John Makey and has been performing in select gigs around NSW. He has resumed promotion of the re-released “Spirit” album and is passing on his talents and experience to guitar students of all abilities.

Mal played the Broadbeach Blues Festival in 2006 with Kevin Borich. He played two killer Thredbo Blues Festival shows with the Spirit album band in January 2007 and has appeared in various shows as a guest with Bluezone at the Basement, in a guitar show featuring Kevin Borich, Phil Emmanuel, Phil Manning and others.

Mal Eastick was also a headliner for the "Experience" shows with Kevin Borich & Steve Edmonds in March 2007. These shows celebrated the music of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. They were incredible events for blues and guitar lovers around the southern nation. More "Experience" shows are coming up on the North Coast of NSW and elsewhere. Check your local live music guides.

Mal has played a great show with Dutch Tilders at Warners on the Bay and is regularly playing in areas like Canberra and Newcastle with great success and an excellent response from the audiences.

Mal will be appearing with Wolf Mail in September in Wollongong, Melbourne & Canberra. He will be guesting with Wolf, and blues lovers would be remiss to miss out.

Mal Eastick will be playing at the Bimbadgen Blues Festival on September 1, 2007. This will be a Mal Eastick Band event including Rudy Miranda & Ian Lees. If you like your music tight, and you love the blues, move heaven and earth to be at Bimbadgen.

Mal Eastick sure knows the blues, but his musical ascendancy and versatility make his live shows, as they ever were, the stuff of legend.

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