Welcome to the Free Wheeling Blues Gallery

Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, we find blues rock/americana six piece outfit FREE WHEELING BLUES. They have an excellent new sixteen track, two disc vinyl album out now called 'Train Ain't Gonna Stop' which clocks in at around sixty-eight minutes long and is the band's debut full length release.

The album opens up with 'Hammer & Nails. This is a catchy and vibrant blues rocker with as strong R&B soulful vibe. Singer Richard-Scott Freeson sounds great, sharp energetic raspy vocals, with a Wilson Pickett edge. Jamal Halls saxophone playing is wonderful and the whole song is silky. 

Next up is 3 Flies 'this is harder edge song with strong sax, while Hal Anderson adds killer banjo playing against some tasty guitar licks. Richard on this track resembles Mick Jagger, and this has a swampy old school swagger to it. 

'Don't Waste a Grown Man's Time' is prime time soulful, blues-based rock n' 

roll, its catchy as hell with huge Rolling Stones influences, yet it sounds fresh, with the whole band jamming it out. I loved Ronnie Williams playing on this track and Richard sounds so good. While it's catchy it is also one of those songs you can get lost in, this song with blues strutting must smoke live.

'Waiting for the Weather' is a fun up-beat catchy track, soulful and blues and jazzy based with fabulous slick vocals, with a fab guitar and harmonica sound, the music has got a vintage blues swampy vibe to it with a big band feel to it.

'Don't Need Saying' is smooth and catchy with sexy slick saxophone playing. This is slow groove-based composition with a classic blues rock edge, quite melodic and vibrant and one of my favourite songs on the album, there is a Gary Moore soulfulness to this song with hints of The Animals, fabulous vocals from Richard.

'Let's Stay Home' is catchy and fun classic soulful rock, there is a fab keyboard sound on this and it rocks out with a fun kinda Jerry Lewis meets Elton John's 'Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting' kinda hooky vibe. 

'5 Days a Week' is another fun up-tempo high energy ditty with fine harmonica performances. Richard vocally sounds great here, its soulful with a classic groove-based blues shuffle with fab background vocals, a little in the vein of B.B. King amongst others.

'Walking on Water' is a looser 

stomping groove based bluester, groove based and catchy with classic vintage Hammond sound, the instrumentation is killer throughout the song.

'Train Ain't Gonna Stop', this song is fast moving with superb banjo playing from Hal. It's got a bit more of a soulful bluegrass Americana vibe to it complete with the bands member make train 'woo woo' sounds, this is fun and another album highlight, with slamming drum work from Randy Gordon, the band should send this track out to the radio shows. 

'How You Been' is more melodic with smooth jazzy performances. Jamal lays down fab saxophone playing against Richard's crisp melodic guitar work. Ronnie tinkers away at the keyboard resulting in a soulful energy driven classic blues rocker that flows with tons of soul, kinda Bob Segar meets Gregg Allman tint, superb song, and anther favourite, give this to Joe Cocker and he would get a hit. 

I Got an Angel' flows with the by now bands familiar blues vibes, with Connie adding slick soulful vocals to the swagger.

'Sure Come Back' flows with a jazz fusion feel with old school saxophone playing, the song then picks up places and is pure fun rock n' roll with fab harmonica work. This is a very catchy fun track in the Chuck Berry vein.

'Halfway Home' is a cool slick well performed groove-based keyboard track with sharp blues guitar, which gets fast as the song builds, this is another album highlight with lots going on, superb vocals on this track.

'No Problems' is a catchy with solid keyboards and lush blues jazzy melodies with an old school 

swagger, yet it's fun up- tempo and catchy with superb background vocals.

Another of my favourite tracks on the album is the excellent 'Let's All Dance', this is a fun honky tonk Americana/Western style track with a country edge, which has a similar feel to Johnny Cash, that kinda old school shuffle, hugely enjoyable track, simple and fun.

The album ends with the blues guitar based 'Winners & Losers,' this is by far the albums best song. It's a slower track with sensational vocals and musicianship that pulls you in almost hypnotically, there is a lot going on with this track with its story- telling lyrics. I love the whole feel of this song, its slick with soulful background vocals, the guitar playing and rest of the musicianship is slick and the whole band seem to connect together perfectly, superb song that you will end up getting lost in. What an ending.