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FRIENDS OF ADAM

Dust for Angels
Blues/rock
Light Works Recording

Friends of Adam channels the Brit blues of Cream, or perhaps The Who without acid. Curiously, these are Filipino buddies who have the power and panopoly of Jimi Hendrix with a skosh of Stevie Ray Vaughan for flavor.

Overview: Adam’s astonishing apples are Clayton Campania (guitar), Ernie Ecraela (bass) and Justin Inocelda (drums). Campania wrote all the songs, so this is a journey into originality rooted in the landscape of hard core blues. You can feel the heat and the sweat, and share the festering sizzle on “Something on Your Mind,” “Won’t Cry for You” and “The Regret,” which sound like old-time blues classics.

Wayne Harada, Special to The Advertiser

4 stars