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Bootleg Tonic is a terrific duo, featuring singer, Georgiana Trent, and guitarist, Eran Taviv. Volume I is their debut album and it is amazing.
The opener, "When It All Goes Down," flows seamlessly into the second track, "Haven't You Heard," a blues rock song with soulful, angelic vocals. "Give It To Me Slowly" shows off Georgiana's extensive range. "Hard Times" has a catchy chorus and features Ivan Neville on B3 Organ. He also performs on several other tracks. Bootleg Tonic's style is a little diverse. "Scars" is a sweet, wistful acoustic ballad, while "Love You More" gets kind of funky. "I've Had Enough" has a definite pop tone to it.
Volume I also contains some poignant lyrics. For example, on "Spinning" Georgiana sings, "People have always been the same/They won't change anything/They'd give a million for a stone/Not a dollar for your soul." Definitely worth checking out!
- Review By Mary Lemanski
BOOTLEG TONIC - VOLUME I
The duo of Georgiana Trent and Eran Taviv deliver a beautifully mellow and reflective bluesy gem of a low-key album. Trent’s supremely hoarse and throaty voice projects anguish and heartbreak with extremely bracing and affecting directness. Taviv’s tight and understated guitar playing greatly adds to the delicate intimacy of the songs without ever becoming remotely show-offy or obtrusive. The slow tempos and gradual beats are both suitably laid-back, thereby further enhancing the soulful soothing quality of the music. Better still, there’s a pleasingly smart and thoughtful mature adult sensibility at work in the terse, but insightful lyrics. Moreover, the arrangements are spare and stripped-down, with no needless tricked-up razzle-dazzle getting in the way of the arrestingly simple, yet tuneful melodies. Bootleg Tonic are a couple of adults who have relevant things to say about the human condition. It’s this refreshingly grown-up no-nonsense attitude which in turn makes this excellent album one to relish. - REVIEW BY JOE WAWZYRNIAK
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What's a Bootleg Tonic?
Bootleg Tonic is a hot new band with a really tasty sound. A Bootleg Tonic cannot be made without its two main ingredients Georgiana Trent and Eran Taviv. The first Bootleg Tonic record showcases the band, their stories, and their bluesy-soulful sound.
Although Georgiana and Eran are from opposite sides of the world (Texas, USA, and Tel Aviv, Israel), their chemistry first began when they got in a room a few years ago and found that together they had a “sound.” They then decided to take that sound and bottle it up, by writing and producing the first Bootleg Tonic Record.
The album also has an added twist of flavor with guest friends like the amazing organ player Ivan Neville (Rolling Stones, The Neville Brothers), and drummer Jerry Krenach (Lou Reed, Chris Whitley).
The only thing tastier than the record is experiencing a live Bootleg Tonic show. The show has everything that’s on the album, but it is by far more intense and raw. "At heart we are both artists who live for the stage" says Eran, and Georgiana adds, ”Every song has come from real experiences, and we just hope you can feel it.”
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