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Roots rock music report cd review - November, 2006
Joe Hendrick and the Mudflaps’ CD is supremely entertaining. You will find yourself wanting to listen to this album again and again. Hendrick’s is short of neither talent nor opinion and his style of Americana rock and roll will have you hoppin’ while his humorous, sometimes cynical, lyrics will have you chucklin’. It is a great combination and the makings of a great time.
The thirteen original tracks are a testament to Hendrick’s talent as a songwriter/storyteller and to his wit. The sometimes hard hitting lyrics are acidic and downright funny at the same time. His casual, clear almost conversational voice convey the stories so richly, you will feel Hendrick is next to you.
Though most of the tracks are inspired roots rock and Americana, the listener is also treated to some new-wavish sounds. This bit of variety just adds to the enjoyment. Joe and his Mudflaps are truly in sync in this CD and they will have you rocking from start to finish.
Herb Barbee - RMR Staff Reviewer
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Democrat and Chronicle newspaper Sept.7, 2006
A cynical, but first-class, eye
Jeff Spevak
Staff music critic
(September 7, 2006) — Roots-rocking Joe Hendrick has delivered for 20 years. Just make sure you put enough postage on it.
Hendrick's daily delivery route through Fairport for the U.S. Postal Service seems to have fueled some of the songs on his album, Joe Hendrick and the Mudflaps — certainly "Radio Talk Show," inspired by the chatter he listens to on the boombox propped up in his delivery truck. "I gotta turn the radio around, upside, down, to get the stations sometimes," he says.
Hendrick has a cynical take on what he hears. "Between the ads for the beer, the self-righteous host is prayin'," he sings on "Radio Talk Show." He finds sports talk shows to be filled with "useless trivia." And there is conspiracy everywhere. Black helicopters. Alien ships. "Who killed Kennedy now?"
The song has a catchy, New Wave sheen to it, unlike the balance of the album, which is roots rock. Hendrick used to play guitar in the rockabilly outfit Krypton 88, and that's where he caught the ear of Tim Clark, who was putting together a roots rocking, country-ish outfit called Dang! He signed on Hendrick as a guitarist for the band, which opens next Thursday for bluesman John Mooney at Milestones.
Dang! is a cover band, but, "we jazz 'em up, rock em up," Hendrick says. "We never play 'em like they were originally heard."
A songwriter, Hendrick is a late bloomer. He's 49 but didn't really start writing until five or six years ago.
Pop culture, and turning that cynical eye toward religion, fuels another of his songs, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye."
"I never even saw the movie," he says of the similarly titled film. But the idea of the fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's PTL Club appealed to him, as did Tammy Faye's notoriously over-applied makeup. "Tammy Faye saw it falling apart," he sings.
That's real life, as Hendrick hears it, coming through the speakers of his boombox. Charles Bukowski turned his life as a postal worker into gritty poems and novels.
"Two dogs ran at me the other day, but they wanted treats," Hendrick says. "They don't take no for an answer."
Freetime review, August 2, 2006
Speaking of country, a little while back, an unassuming CD hit my desk from a local guy I hadn't heard of, Joe Hendrick, and his band, The Mudflaps. This fun-loving, Americana outfit impressed upon first listen with well-crafted songs filled with cleverly told stories all wrapped in twangy-sung lyrics that oftentimes touch on popular culture. Check out "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" and "Rock-N-Roll Aisle" as examples, with the lovely country ode, "Look Back Your Way," sung by ultra-talented guest vocalist, Daisy Hutchinson adding to the diverse enjoyment of the album. We hope Joe and company play a date in the near future, and in the meantime, you can catch him performing with the band, Dang!
Michelle Picardo
Review from City newspaper, Rochester, N.Y.
Not unlike The Blasters or Steve Earle, who infuse a little country bop into roots rock, Joe Hendrick slings some sweet rockabilly guitar within an array off roots styles. The curveball, however, is the new wave-y strain of some of these tunes, like the track “Radio Talk Show” that reminds me of a less-weird Television. But in keeping with roots rock’s affinity for storytelling goosed with a humorous twist, cuts like “The Eyes Of Tammy Faye” or “Rock ’N’ Roll Aisle” are sure-fire crack ups. The guitar is tight and clean, sharing the spotlight with Hendrick’s casual vocal style. Hendrick, who previously twanged mighty for Krypton 88, also plays bass on this disc. The whole platter rolls solid and steady, and like so many pleasant evenings dancing and romancing to this type of music, is over way too soon.
--- Frank De Blase
July 20, 2006
