New Song up on Waiting for Helen's player

Bye Bye Baby

A Blues Ballad, kinda sorta.

Peace,

Tony

New Song Up On Waiting For Helen's Player,

                         Kiss Off

               With Our Special Guest,

         William O'Connell on Keyboards

 By Steve Gilmore
Waiting For Helen - Feed The Fire
Hear The Track
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My introduction to Waiting For Helen (blues rock of a very high standard) was with Good Good Woman (January 2008) which found me ready and waiting for a solid jolt of authentic blues rock. The kind that sandpapers your face while soothing your ears. Heavy, drenched with emotion and a beat that is irrisistable and Good Good Woman was all that and more. It's to be expected though, when you understand that Waiting For Helen is a real gigging band so you'd expect them to be showing no quarter.

The title should give you a clue.

Jerry DeCarlo, Helen Harak, Tony Mazza, Pete Salomone and Joe Van Winkle (collectively WFH) are very decent stokers for this particular conflagration which rocks in the time honoured fashion. There again, it was their outstanding professionalism that first caught my atttention and that is much on display here, both in the performance and the pointed, coherent punch of the arrangement. Can't say I was overly fond of the mix on this though, it felt a little flat compared to the music.

Feed The Fire has - for me - many musical echoes and that will go a long way to keeping my interest. Anything from the B52's, Jefferson Airplane and even Cyndi Lauper got in there and I have to say that this is a class pop rock track in that tradition. Whether that will translate to a wider audience who knows but you have to try right? Me, I loved this from the get go, partly because of the above named influences but more because it is a great arrangement of a very strong song.

Highly Recommended Pop Rock!.

Waiting for Helen is a sensational Blues/Rock band. Although not a new band, as they have been together for 10 years. The band is comprised of four best friends, together for 25 years, with the first 15 years of their friendship spent with each member in a prior commitment with other powerful Blues/Rock bands in the New York-New Jersey area. Still, their love of playing music and their close friendship eventually lead them to a time, some ten years ago, when each finally had the chance to get together as a true band for the first time. The results lay waiting for you to discover. The tight rhythm section these four guys, Jerry, Joe, Pete and Tony lay down is amazingly tight and driving. Lead singer Helen and their special guest vocalists lend their honed talents to bring the lyrics to life. Two improvisational guitarists crank out some stinging guitar solos. They are not kids, nor do they sound or play like kids. One listen and you'll be a fan of Waiting for Helen for life. WAITING FOR HELEN IS: Jerry DeCarlo: Drums & Percussions Helen Harak: Vocals Tony Mazza: Guitar,Vocals & percussion Pete Salomone: Guitar & Vocals Joe Van Winkle: Bass, Bass Pedals,Keyboard, Vocals, & Percussions A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUEST VOCALISTS: Marlene Centanni Milena DeCarlo Dave Kraemer Bobby Lassig Sharon Lee Claire Reily