THE BROUGHT LOW
''RIGHT ON TIME''
JUNE 27 2006
49:40
1 /A Better Life 5:25
2 /Hail Mary 4:49
3 /This Ain't No Game 3:45
4 /Tell Me 3:39
5 /Dear Ohio 5:13
6 /Throne 3:18
7 /Vernon Jackson 5:01
8 /Shakedown 6:13
9 /Blues for Cubby 5:59
10 /There's a Light 6:18
Benjamin Howard Smith: Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nick Heller: Drums
Robert Russell: Bass, Backing Vocals
REVIEW
by Stewart Mason
The Brought Low are a rough midpoint between the Black Crowes' unabashed Faces worship and the ironic retro-glam posturing of the Darkness: Right on Time is the sound of a band that's deliberately re-creating a long-past time and place, but this dose of '70s heavy rock sounds entirely sincere. The Brought Low's obvious influences include Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the James Gang, and Bad Company: the album even ends with a churchy R&B-influenced rave-up called "There's a Light" powered by a Gregg Allman-style organ part. It's hard not to think of the Rutles, Neil Innes' note-perfect re-creation of the Beatles' sound and spirit, or of the plethora of new bands since the turn of the millennium whose sole raison d'être is to pay tribute to the post-punk era, but this quartet led by singer/guitarist Benjamin Howard Smith -- a fine blue-collar Rock Dude name -- are so palpably sincere on tracks like "A Better Life" and "Vernon Jackson" (a tribute to the rough and tumble section of Queens that the band calls home) that it's impossible to dismiss Right on Time as a calculated pose.
BIOGRAPHY
by Eduardo Rivadavia
Brooklyn, NY's the Brought Low formed in 1999 and originally featured singer/guitarist Benjamin Howard Smith, bassist Dean Rispler, and drummer Nick Heller. The trio made its recorded debut in 2001 with a self-titled album (released by Tee Pee Records) that boasted a vintage style of '70s hard rock rich in both American and British inspiration; the Brought Low then parted company with Rispler and welcomed new bass player Robert Russell in 2003. Another three years would pass, however, before the Brought Low delivered their sophomore album, the sardonically named Right on Time, which introduced stronger blues influences and led to increased touring activity. And then, in 2010, the aptly titled Third Record emerged through Small Stone (as had its predecessor), this time displaying a certain Southern rock obsession amid the group's consistent heavy rock foundation
''RIGHT ON TIME''
JUNE 27 2006
49:40
1 /A Better Life 5:25
2 /Hail Mary 4:49
3 /This Ain't No Game 3:45
4 /Tell Me 3:39
5 /Dear Ohio 5:13
6 /Throne 3:18
7 /Vernon Jackson 5:01
8 /Shakedown 6:13
9 /Blues for Cubby 5:59
10 /There's a Light 6:18
Benjamin Howard Smith: Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nick Heller: Drums
Robert Russell: Bass, Backing Vocals
REVIEW
by Stewart Mason
The Brought Low are a rough midpoint between the Black Crowes' unabashed Faces worship and the ironic retro-glam posturing of the Darkness: Right on Time is the sound of a band that's deliberately re-creating a long-past time and place, but this dose of '70s heavy rock sounds entirely sincere. The Brought Low's obvious influences include Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the James Gang, and Bad Company: the album even ends with a churchy R&B-influenced rave-up called "There's a Light" powered by a Gregg Allman-style organ part. It's hard not to think of the Rutles, Neil Innes' note-perfect re-creation of the Beatles' sound and spirit, or of the plethora of new bands since the turn of the millennium whose sole raison d'être is to pay tribute to the post-punk era, but this quartet led by singer/guitarist Benjamin Howard Smith -- a fine blue-collar Rock Dude name -- are so palpably sincere on tracks like "A Better Life" and "Vernon Jackson" (a tribute to the rough and tumble section of Queens that the band calls home) that it's impossible to dismiss Right on Time as a calculated pose.
BIOGRAPHY
by Eduardo Rivadavia
Brooklyn, NY's the Brought Low formed in 1999 and originally featured singer/guitarist Benjamin Howard Smith, bassist Dean Rispler, and drummer Nick Heller. The trio made its recorded debut in 2001 with a self-titled album (released by Tee Pee Records) that boasted a vintage style of '70s hard rock rich in both American and British inspiration; the Brought Low then parted company with Rispler and welcomed new bass player Robert Russell in 2003. Another three years would pass, however, before the Brought Low delivered their sophomore album, the sardonically named Right on Time, which introduced stronger blues influences and led to increased touring activity. And then, in 2010, the aptly titled Third Record emerged through Small Stone (as had its predecessor), this time displaying a certain Southern rock obsession amid the group's consistent heavy rock foundation
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