Dr.Project Point Blank Blues Band - Blues 1984

Dr.Project Point Blank Blues Band - Blues 1984

Blues

Blues guitarist and singer Dragoljub Crncevic (born 1956th in Belgrade) found himself 1977th godine u Parizu. in Paris. Izdržavao se svirajuci na ulici i metrou. Supporting the playing in the street and subway. Po povratku u Beograd osniva grupu Dragoljubov taxi sa kojom je objavio LP "Dragoljubov taxi" (PGP RTB 1979.). After returning to Belgrade, a group founded Dragoljubov taxi with whom he released LP "Dragoljubov taxi" (PGP RTB 1979).. Pocetkom osamdesetih opet putuje po Evropi i svira blues po klubovima. At the beginning of the eighties again travels in Europe and playing blues in clubs. U Milanu upoznaje Amerikanca Timoti Aleksandra Dejvisa (Timothy Alexander Davis) i bubnjara, Australijanca ceškog porekla Majkla Šulca (Michael Sulc) i svira sa njima. In Milan he meets American Timothy Alexander Davis (Timothy Alexander Davis), and drummer, Australians of Czech origin, Michael Schulz (Michael Schultz) and playing with them. Pocetkom 1983. At the beginning of 1983rd godine sva trojica dolaze u Beograd i sa gitaristom Draganom Markovicem (ex Blues Kvintet) osnivaju blues grupu Point Blank. in all three arrive in Belgrade and with guitarist Dragan Markovic (ex-Blues Quintet) established blues group Point Blank.

U pocetku nastupaju pretežno po klubovima, a prvi veci uspeh postižu kada leta 1983. In the beginning, acting mainly in clubs, and the first major success achieved when the summer 1983rd godine rasprodaju baštu SKC-a. The sale garden SKC. Na debi albumu "The Blues" 1984. The debut album "The Blues" 1984th godine predstavljaju se Crncevicevim pesmama na engleskom iu tom periodu grupa stiže reputaciju koncertne atrakcije. Pocetkom 1984. The presented Crncevicevim songs in English and in that time a group arrives reputation concert attractions. At the beginning of 1984th godine Majkl prelazi u hard rock grupu Ognjeni vuk, ali ubrzo on odlazi u Australiju, a Davis u Ameriku. The Michael goes into the hard rock group Fiery wolf, but soon he went to Australia, and Davis in America. Novi clanovi postaju basista Saša Labudovic i bubnjar Miroljub Vilotijevic (ex Blues Kvintet). The new members become the bassist and drummer Sasa Labudovic Miroljub Vilotijevic (ex-Blues Quintet). Na drugom albumu, "Dr Project – Point Blank", gostuje trubac Stjepko Gut, a grupa nudi teme koje su žanrovski šire. The second album, "Dr. Project - Point Blank", a guest trumpeter Steve Gut, and the group offers topics that are broader genre. To im omogucuje veliku koncertnu aktivnost, tako da tokom 1985. This enables them great concert activity, so that the 1985th godine drže oko sto pedeset nastupa širom Jugoslavije, sto je za to vreme, a za tako nekomercijalni bend, veliki uspeh. Te godine uz Luizijana Reda (Louisiana Red) ucestvuju na Drugom medjunarodnom blues festivalu u poljskom gradu Olišcinu, sviraju u varšavskim klubovima, a pred 25,000 posetilaca nastupaju na rock festivalu u blizini Poznanja. was held about a hundred and fifty performances throughout Yugoslavia, which is the time, and for such non-commercial band, a great success. That year, with the Order of Louisiana (Louisiana Red) participate in the Second International Blues Festival in the Polish town Olišcinu, playing in the Warsaw clubs, and 25.000 visitors before acting on the rock festival near Poznan.
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DR.- Vocals and Guitar
Darko Grujic- Keyboards and Vocal
Zoran Milenkovic- Bass
Jovan Pejcinovic- Drums and Percussion
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A1. Poker Blues  
A2. Travellin' Man  
A3. Wallet Babe  
A4. Someday Soon  
A5. Tomcat Lullaby  

B1. Anything You Want  
B2. Moving Out  
B3. It's So Wrong  
B4. Love That Hurts
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Point Blank Blues Band - A Whiter Shade Of Blues 2008

Point Blank Blues Band - A Whiter Shade Of Blues 2008

Blues

Point Blank Blues Band seems to go from strength to strength, and each CD is a little better than the one before. It makes me wonder how long they can keep improving! If you haven’t heard any of their previous CDs, or read reviews of them, this is a band from the former Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade in what is now Serbia. These are extremely competent musicians, who very obviously know and love the blues. How easy can it be composing and singing the blues in a language that isn’t the one that you were brought up speaking? That the blues the band produces is high on the scale of excellence is even more amazing.
Here then is the band’s latest offering, A Whiter Shade Of Blue (PGP Records_ --- 12 tracks of original blues all written by the mainstay of the band, and man who calls himself Dr. (Dragoljub Crncevic).
The album opens with “The Devil, God & I,” a medium tempo track with some really well played keyboards from Darko Grujic laying down a base for the guitar work from Dr. Maybe I should mention at this stage, that the six-piece Pointblank Blues Band are joined by eight guest musicians playing a variety of instruments, including mandolin, dobro and gusle – no, I hadn’t heard of it either! (it’s a single, or sometimes two, stringed instrument quite popular in the Balkan region).
Track two, “Belgrade Blues,” slows down just a little, and is pure blues that could come from anywhere in the USA, if it wasn’t for the reference to Belgrade
The lyrics, and the vocals, on track three, “A Song For V,” are reminiscent of some of Leonard Cohen’s better material, slow and moody, and well put together, and maybe mixed with a hint of Chris Rea.
Track four, is a strange mix of sounds from a radio which just didn’t work for me at all, but it’s only just over a minute long, so I can’t criticize the band for this little indulgence, and it leads into “Golden Arrows” which is a rock-blues number built around the keyboards and haunting guitar.
“Last Pain,” which is track number six, is best described as Balkan blues, I guess, as it includes some east European violin playing – this adds an interesting flavour to the track, and I found it compulsive listening and a really refreshing look at the blues.
Track seven lifts the tempo to a shuffle beat on “Mama I Blew It,” and then “No Pride” takes you by complete surprise with a country flavour supplied by pedal steel guitar, courtesy of guest musician Mirko Tomic. A good track, but maybe a little out of place here amongst the really good blues material.
My favourite track on this album is a choice between “Belgrade Blues” and the largely instrumental “Roll On,” which almost had me out of the chair and dancing! However, I think “Belgrade Blues” just takes the place as my favourite.
Listen to this CD and hear from refreshing changes.
By Terry Clear. (Mr.FatAss)
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ow a group of musicians growing up in Tito's Communist Yugoslavia ended up forming one of the world's great electric blues bands is a mystery that stateside fans of Serbia's Point Blank Blues Band may never fully solve. Appreciating their gritty interpretation of the American form, though, takes no effort at all – particularly as vocalist Dragoljub Crncevic (referred to by his stage name of "DR" on earlier albums) sings exclusively in English in his deep baritone.
Their latest CD may be their best in terms of both their songwriting and playing. It finds them adding a strong streak of Texas influences to the 1960s British blues that had clearly shaped their earlier recordings – think Stevie Ray Vaughan sitting in with John Mayall or Savoy Brown.

Crncevic is also a brilliant guitarist – clean leads, incisive runs, a sure hand on the whammy bar. Whether stretching out for 16 bars on a solo or providing a short fill between choruses, Crncevic consistently shows a wonderful balance of virtuosity and taste. As songwriter, too, Crncevic continues to improve. "Belgrade Blues" is a sort of Balkan take on "Sweet Home Chicago" – a broken-hearted love song that just rocks out. And "Roll On" has a sort of Allman Bros. groove to it (in large part due to the soulful electric piano of Darko Grujic).
By Jim Trageser.
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Dragoljub Dr. Crncevic- Guitar,Vocal
Darko Grujic- Keyboards,Vocal
Zoran Milenkovic- Bass Guitar
Nikola Dokic- Drums
Blagoje Nedeljkovic- Drums
Nenad Stosic- Percussions
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01.  The Devil, God & I  (5.06)
02.  Belgrade blues  (4.26)
03.  A Song for V.  (4.31)
04.  Buda's Lament (Radio VOX)  (1.18)
05.  Golden Arrows  (4.14)
06.  Last Pain  (5.00)
07.  Mama I Blew it  (3.25)
08.  No Pride  (3.49)
09.  Gonna get Better  (4.18)
10.  Will we Ever See  (4.12)
11.  Roll on  (3.27)
12.  Love That Hurts (7.05)
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