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Album Review
Omar & the Howlers: The Screamin' Cat
by Ed Kopp
Picture Wolfman Jack fronting a slicker, bluesier version of Creedence Clearwater Revival, and you have a pretty good idea of the sound generated by Omar and the Howlers on their latest release The Screamin’ Cat. A prolific band (this is the trio’s eleventh release in a decade), Kent Omar" Dykes and company return to familiar territory here -- a swampy meeting ground of blues, rock and pop -- after straying into the trendy land of swing on a couple of ...
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