Topic: The Hoax - free MP3

I know the Hoax have been mentioned on here before, but I found something that may be of interest. Here is a live link to an MP3 of the Hoax. The song is Driving Blind and is take from their live album (which is hard to find) Live Forever. Its a pretty good example of what a great live band the Hoax were.

I have also put a short bio of the band below for the unitiated:

www.grooveyardrecords.com/hoaxlive.html

British blues-rock group the Hoax consisted of Jon Amor on guitar, Hugh Coltman on vocals and harmonica, Jess Davey on guitar, Robin Davey on bass, and Dave Raeburn on drums. The members were all young students of the blues and had played together since they were in their teens; songwriting and arrangements were worked out together by all five members. The Hoax began to attract attention while on tour with the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band around England, and Code Blue Records label chief Mike Vernon signed them to a deal. Vernon a veteran producer who had worked with John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Ten Years After, Savoy Brown and David Bowie was impressed by the maturity in the band's playing. Critics in England were also impressed with the band's prowess and heaped praise on the Hoax, comparing them to the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and the Rolling Stones. Their debut album, Sound Like This was released in 1995 on the Code Blue/Atlantic label (although Code Blue was later jettisoned by Atlantic), and the recording is a good reflection of their live shows. On it, the band pays tribute to its influences, such as Albert Collins,  Albert King, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robben Ford and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

"The recently formed Edinburgh Blues Club has identified an appetite for the personal communication between musicians and audience that the blues long ago perfected." The Herald Newspaper (Scotland)
http://www.edinburgh-blues.uk

Re: The Hoax - free MP3

The "Live Forever" CD is in stock at Amazon. Highly recommended. I wish I could have seen them live.

Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Live-Forever-Hoax … amp;sr=1-1

Or you can just do a search on Amazon in the music catagory for "Hoax" if the link doesn't work.

Great CD. Discriminating listeners can hear where John Mayer picked up a few ideas for some of his newer stuff.

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Re: The Hoax - free MP3

The Hoax are a superb band their first album is outstanding!  The first time i heard them was on a Cd which came free with Total Guitar Magazine many years ago.  Are the band still around?

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