Dave Meniketti - On the Blue Side (CD)

All Music Guide

Despite being best known as the guitar slinger for Bay Area pop metallists YT, Dave Meniketti has always had a fondness for the blues as heard throughout his firstever solo album, 2000's ‘On the Blue Side.' Although it's not new for a metal guitarist to rediscover their blues roots (Gary Moore successfully reinvented himself as a bluesmen in the early ‘90s), Meniketti gets to show off his blues chops throughout. Included is an album opening cover of James Brown's "Man's World," while Meniketti does a pretty darn impressive Billy Gibbons impersonation on "Angel on my Shoulder," pays tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan on "Just Coastin'," and pours out his heart and soul on "Until Next Time." Those who have Meniketti pegged as merely a heavy metal guitarist will certainly change their tune after hearing ‘On the Blue Side.'

- Greg Prato, All Music Guide