Reviews

As much in common with Badfinger as with Black Sabbath…straight shooting, hyper-melodic hard rock.
- The Rage,

Jonathan is the shit…he’s the perfect front man and a great guitarist, but he’s a songwriter first and foremost. He’s going to blow up when they get a load of him out here.
- Rick Will, Los Angeles Producer & Engineer (Incubus, No Doubt, Ben Harper)

The result is at times loping and harmony-filled, at other times frenetic and distortion-laden.
- Lucas Hendrickson, The Rage

More hooks than a truck-load of coat hangers.
- The Tennessean,

Edgy. Not like The Edge from U2 more the meaning of the word. Sharp, cutting. Safe bet his next beer will not be his first. Sort of Adrian Belew without so much twang bar wanking. Rock. 100% Piano-ballad Free. Always a plus. Never understood shoe-horning that stupid droning sappy piano ballad onto an otherwise great Rock album. Oops. CD I mean. Old habits. Anyway in some cases I guess it's best to employ the same method the Founding Fathers used to define what they meant by first defining what they did not mean. So this CD's not for sitting down with your no-fat/no-tox Sizzelean and sipping your stupid decaf vanilla brown crayon water. This CD's for folks that ain't afraid to live and maybe die trying it. Buy it, dammit you'll see. If your idea of thinking outside the box is scratching a record, or sampling somebody else's hard work then mumbling rhythmically over the top of it, pass on Jonathan. This is Rock. For the sake of clarity I will add that Joe Satriani and Steve Vai probably won't be slowing his tracks down to see if they can't hack any of Jonathan's lightning-fast riffs to add to their own arsenals. Jonathan's fast enough, straight forward. Probably not intended for those who go to shows and stand with their arms folded with that angry/bored Impress Me look. No Guitar as Typewriter/baseball card in bicycle spokes approach here. Not that there's anything wrong with it, more like a break From it. Hell I like the CD. rex-cdbaby.com

Holy shit I love this CD! Jonathan Bright is a Nashville native but you won't hear any country licks on his EP Radio Free Tennessee only incredibly catchy, pure rock and roll that brings to mind the type of hard rock candy that David Lee Roth-era Van Halen brought to the rock and roll party. Right from the jungle drum kick off of Tweaking the Fine Tune I knew that this guy was special. First of all he has the voice and the guitar tone I love (hey these things are important!) and to top it all off he adds these little musical detours in his songs that keep things interesting. Along with Fine Tune you can add Shine to my personal iPod playlist as this stuff just feels right all the way through. Modern twists with major power pop sensibilities, Radio Free Tennessee is a blast from beginning to end. Have a listen on his website for free but really, just go out and buy the CD. You won't regret it. And check out his MySpace site where he rips out a killer version of "Hot For Teacher." Very cool stuff. Highly recommended. -the rock and roll radio report.

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