Here's the translated text from a reviewer in Germany who recently bought 15 (!) copies of our first CD (2007, self-titled).  We skirt!  Enjoy...
The Dirty Rooks are extremely good of buddy of the Southern /Blues /Jam formation The Steepwater volume estimated so loved in our circles and - for us always a reason to take it somewhat more exactly under the magnifying glass. We did that, them for good (no strongly, very strongly!) found, and finally its great Debutalbum for our Mailorder organizes. Like the Steepwater volume also the Dirty Rooks comes from Chicago/Illinois. And like your friends the musical roots lie " Rooks" in the late 60s and early 70s. " They have A pure, classic skirt sound with some strong blues influence" , it means in a US-Review, which the case is indeed clear. But we define it times somewhat more exactly: The quartet, consisting of the two class guitarists Grant Gholson and Dan Stalilonis (at the same time also a prima Lead singer), Ben hard at the bass and Rev. Nathan Urqhuart at the Drums, plays a marvelously rauen, blunt, dirty, very competent Blues based Classic skirt, times loud rumbling, times with feeling, times rootsig drying, so that an uncommonly rotzige, full of seeds mixture from the influences of the Faces, The Black Crowes, which Rolling Stones and The volume develop, " partly enriched with a breath of Psychedelia and a knalligen; Beat /Blues" - Touch. All they generate that with the authentic " Chicago Booze skirt Sound" to their completely own identity. Many the song fulfill the area with " Dunst" more verrauchter, more schäbiger " get in the embankment bar where people have the greatest times OF their lives". Or like it a further US fan describes: " Good time skirt and roll - and it does emergency GET any more whiskier than this"! The whole is much retro, in addition, " much; hip" - wants to be called, everything else as " verstaubt" and in the Siebrigern stand remained.
The Dirty Rooks is young, unspent and transports their influences and Retro plants completely informally into the today's time. Dull/musty one, pumping bass notes, slowly using, (still) relatively dezentes Drumming, halliger, cool, psychedelic angehauchter singing, then suddenly a few full of seeds of reef, which thing louder, a classical Bluesrock Feeling spreads, which singing immediately accompanied by a spicy E-guitar, a short " Schreien" , an abrupt speed change, the singer goes again fully out of itself raus, an official drive, few short, furiose guitar rides - a conclusion! In approximately is the temporal operational sequence of the quite short (2.47), for it however the more varied splendour Openers " WAD, bath, and dangerous tons know". The volume demonstrates immediately, what has it drauf that her the Rock' n roll heart at the right mark carries, which Blues in the blood has - and impudently and ungezwungen straight on plays. Class!
From similar caliber also TRACK is Nr.2: " Strawman" is a brilliant, ruppiger, rotziger, psychedelic, Blues soaked Classic Rocker of full fires and spice. Few class a twin Licks and a furioses start to hunt virtuoses guitar-solo from the boxes with schwerblütigen reef, in order to put in the BREAK the switch down on Boogie speed, before one finally returns again to the original navigable water. A strong appearance! The following thing " NO mercy" sounds, as if it rose from a common session of the Black Crowes and Rolling Stones. Dry ones, straighte of reef, wonderful rootsig bluesige guitar lines, a little Piano Geklimper and a prima melody are added. The late briefly using Bläser disturb in keinster way, but kindle additional fire. Mad guitar-solo in the center!
Absolutely worth mentioning are besides such class of song like the marvelous, much after reserved Stones and The volume sounding Rootsrocker " Little queen" (strong piano and countrybluesige Harp company), which magnificent, very emotional and intensively presented, energy-loaded, again a beautiful Retro Psychedelic Feeling spreading (Slow) Blues enriched with mad guitar runs " Leave me" , sharp-edged and rotzig ballernde guitar Kracher " All that you are" and the great, melodische, bluesige, with fine Dobro and organ Fills provided, semi acoustic root Ballade " Devil' s song" , again with Reminiszensen at The volume, The Black Crowes or Chris Robinson' s of solo works.
This volume is valid to keep it in the eye. They will play approximately a daily no longer only in the clubs in and around Chicago, but national and international catch my shank will have, like their friends of the Steepwater volume. The foundation-stone for it is put with this strong Debut anyhow. The Dirty Rooks skirt!