No Depression Review of “The High Cost of Low Living”
- Mar 6, 2018
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 7, 2018
Living Low with Nick Moss and Dennis Gruenling
by Grant Britt, Staff Reviewer
Chicago native Nick Moss and New Jersey's Dennis Gruenling have been teamed up for less than two years, but it sounds like they're joined at the hip. Gruenling had previously been touring with Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones, his Little Walter/James Cotton/Rod Piazza-influenced harp dueling with Deming's Charlie Christian/T-Bone Walker inspired guitar. It was fun to watch the two thrust and parry, Gruenling's back alley-Chicago attack meeting Deming's uptown jazz approach and somehow finding common ground or at least an uneasy truce that let both sides speak their piece.
Gruenling wrote “Count On Me,” a rollicking boogie-woogie once again aided by Streiff's Jerry Lee style key pounding underscored by Moss's rattly rockabilly licks, buoyed by Gruenling's superharp wailing.
Gruenling blows out the reeds paying homage to Cotton on “Get Your Hands Out of My Pockets” from '66's Otis Spann's Chicago Blues, firing off a barrage of superharp bullets that keeps Moss ducking vocally and instrumentally.
Gruenling's other composition, “Lesson To Learn,” features Gruenling slithering sinuously underneath a Bo Diddley beat that Moss attempts to slash apart briefly but Gruenling's Cottonmouth overides him.
It's a high quality debut with plenty of room for both to stretch out in later on.
Read it on NoDepression.com.
Two years together and already that locked-in chemistry? That's pretty impressive. It's kind of like finding the perfect Minecraft Recipe - sometimes two things just fit together better than you'd expect. Gruenling's time with Doug Deming clearly prepped him well for this partnership.
This article is a review of The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling’s album The High Cost of Low Living, originally featured in No Depression. It highlights how the album marks a strong return to classic Chicago electric blues, driven by Nick Moss’s gritty guitar work and songwriting alongside Dennis Gruenling’s expressive harmonica playing. The review emphasizes the album’s mix of original tracks and carefully chosen covers, noting how the band blends traditional blues structure with modern energy and tight musicianship. It also praises the production quality and the chemistry between the musicians, describing the record as both authentic and revitalising for contemporary blues audiences. Overall, it positions the album as a powerful example of modern blues that respects tradition…
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