MOTU - Idiot at the Wheel (CD)

Idiot At The Wheel is the 25th official album from Long Island’s MOTU®. He refers to it as his “Silver Anniversary” release. Once again, Dr Richard Michelson (MOTU) jumps across the genres of blues, rock, Americana and jazz fusion to deliver a seamless production touching on a variety of political and societal issues, while performing a range of instruments including keyboards, harmonica, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, pedal steel guitar, and dobro. However, this time he is also joined by newcomers Susan Karejwa (bass), and Phil Reinstein (accordion) along with regulars Dee Michelson (vocals), Ed Modzel (drums) and Rich Fry (vocals and guitar). This group of talented musicians give this new album a different feel from MOTU’s past albums, but it is still definitely a MOTU album with all of the guitar shredding and harmonies that his fans have learned to expect from him. These 10 new MOTU original songs continue to demonstrate Dr Rich’s evolution in songwriting and his masterful skills as a performer, band leader and engineer.