American born singer-songwriter Joe Vestich has been active in music since the 1960s. Coming from a Croatian family, he began playing music at age nine and formed a duo with his brother Mark in the 1960s. In 1986, Vestich relocated to Finland, which has been his home base ever since. He was and still is an appreciated performer and recording artist there and has recorded his new album “Steal the Wind”, which was released in August 2021.
Judging from the front cover, Joe Vestich with a stetson hat and a guitar in front of a beautiful mountain view, one might expect an album a la John Fogerty’s Blue Ridge Rangers project. In addition, the opening track in fact underlines this expectation. “Paradise” is a Eagles-type song and comes along nicely, although Vestich’s voice trembles at times a bit.
Next up is “The Darkest Night”, which has a very different approach with its bluesy, dark feeling. An organ and a horn section support Vestich’s band. The title track “Steal the Wind” is another Eagles soundalike but a very good one. The album continues with one enjoyable country song after another. At times, Vestich’s voice has shades of oversubscription (heard on such titles as “Razor Red Sky”) and you can hear Verstich’s age in his voice.
This might go for 1970s country music fans as well as lovers of John Fogerty or the Eagles.
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