Welshly Arms Uncorks A Legendary Blues Rock Jam

Cleveland, Ohio. Home to the much revered Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The stories those walls could tell. Cleveland's also the birthplace of Welshly Arms which the good folks at Wikipedia inform me was a name lifted from a Saturday Night Live sketch so we can glean some sense that these guys have a sense of humor. They make their intentions early on in "Legendary" by draping a mouth watering keyboard over the session. That gets your heartbeat pumping in record time. The video adds to the overall amusing tone. Seems a bank robbery's going down and our illegal capitalists have donned cat masks in pursuit of the monetary version of the oft bandied about American Dream. Sam Getz tells the story in full on bravado mode. Mikey Gould drums his way along this sure to be on the nightly news highlight reel. Jimmy Weaver pours on the octane in bass guitar land. "Legendary" equates to an affable rock interlude with blues chorus shavings thrown in. The video gives loads of eye candy to all who seek to be enticed by that. The tempo ambles along just enough to keep anyone from being left behind during the trip. Welshly Arms isn't shy about injecting some political commentary into their music. The second stanza tells the entire story chapter and verse..."You know the truth can be a weapon to fight this world of ill intentions. A new answer to the same question. How many times will you learn the same lesson?" To answer that question some people don't ever learn their lesson until it's too late. The female backing chorus gives "Legendary" some definite heat. Welshly Arms stands out among current bands in that it features five vocalists. In addition to Sam Getz we get Brett Lindemann, Jimmy Weaver, Bri Bryant, and Jon Bryant. That's bound to help them stand out in a crowded alt-rock field. This song surely is fun to digest. The choral refrain makes it that much more special. How could you not smile at "'Cause we're gonna be legends. Gonna get their attention. What we're doing here ain't just scary. It's about to be legendary." Welshly Arms has been around since 2013 and with songs like "Legendary" in the hopper there's no reason to think long term prospects couldn't be rosy. "Legendary" may not be legendary in and of itself but it's quality rock at agreeable bargain basement prices.