Let Loose!

by The Bloodhounds, The Dachshunds

Overview

While tons of blues rock bands over the years have struggled to follow the path blazed by the Rolling Stones in the '60s, the Bloodhounds have added a new wrinkle to the formula: they'd like to be the Lovin' Spoonful, too. On their debut album, 2014's Let Loose, the Bloodhounds have clearly borrowed a few moves from the Stones and their colleagues on tunes like "Saint Dee" and "They Call'm the LSC," and Aaron "Little Rock" Piedraita and Branden Santos certainly get the guitar sounds right, while Johnny Santana and Mark Schafler are a solid rhythm section. But they can also make like an urban jug band on tunes like "Dusty Bibles and Silver Spoons," "Hey Lonnie," and "Olderbudweiser," where they sound right at home, like a snarkier version of John Sebastian's great band in their earlier days, and they're certainly good fun in this style. It's also a fair guess that someone in the band owns a copy of the Nuggets box set, since "Security" and "Try a Little Reefer" both sound like the band is channeling yet another '60s influence, vintage garage rock. The production by Arthur Alexander (not the great soul star the Stones covered back in the day) is clean and nicely detailed, and he gets the sound just right for the jug band stuff. The Bloodhounds are fine when they pull out their blues-wailing moves on Let Loose, but when they turn down the volume, they come up with something that truly sets them apart, and those are the moments that are most impressive on this album. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2014
Label:	Alive / Alive Records
UPC:	0095081016316
Rank:	110910

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Bloodhounds   Primary Artist
The Dachshunds   Primary Artist
Arthur Alexander   Bass,Dobro,Piano,Organ (Hammond),Guitar (12 String),Guitar (Classical)
Alex "Jm" Galvan   Piano,Piano (Grand),Organ (Hammond)
Aaron "Little Rock" Piedraita   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Branden Santos   Vocals,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Harp
Levi Alvarez   Washtub Bass,Bass (Electric)
Mark Schafler   Harp,Drums,Kazoo,Vocals,Washboard,Percussion
Johnny Santana   Bass,Harp,Banjo,Vocals

Technical Credits

Otis Redding   Composer
Margaret Wessen   Composer
Victor Montanez   Photography
Arthur Alexander   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Juanita Anderson   Assistant Engineer
Christian Arias   Photography
Aaron "Little Rock" Piedraita   Composer,Group Member
Johnny Santana   Group Member,Composer
Branden Santos   Composer,Group Member
Levi Alvarez   Composer
Luis Fuentes   Assistant Engineer
Mark Schafler   Composer,Group Member
Richard Delgado   Engineer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
Patrick Boissel   Cover Art