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Best
known as an electric guitar pioneer who has worked with rock legends,
from Dylan and Mayall, to Canned Heat, the Stones and many others,
Harvey “The Snake” Mandel returns in early 2017 with
the ten track Snake Attack. A recent recording,
recaptured and released from the vaults by L.A. based Rock Beat Records,
the ten track CD features brief biographical liner notes and more
notes by Harvey describing that he wrote all the music, recorded all
the instruments and mixed and mastered it by himself. From the CD
liner notes, Harvey explains, “This is a project I did a few
years ago. It’s a recording done entirely in my home studio.
Working in my own home studio allowed me to do all sorts of great
guitar overdubs.” The Snake Attack album features
Harvey’s impeccable guitar skills yet it also transcends the
blues and even rock with its electronica meets electric guitar soundscapes.
Some sonic influences that come to mind while listening to the super-charged
Snake Attack would be to recent music by Jeff Beck and even
going back to Jan Hammer’s mid 1980s soundtrack work on Miami
Vice, especially on melodic, Mandel composed gems like “Exotic
Predator” and “A Luscious Life”. With Harvey armed
to the teeth with a full wall of sound, the overall approach on Snake
Attack is hard-hitting and quite