Brian Brickley and the Martindales have graced the Ypsilant area for quite sometime. With the powerful sounds of the horn section and stunning original songs, it's no wonder people flock from far and wide just to hear the sweet sound of the blues from The Martindales

Here is what an editor from The Ann Arbor Observer had to say about The Martindales: "The Martindales... is a typical post-Jeff Beck-Jimmy Page-Eric Clapton electric blues band with plenty of covers and long, extended blues jams, with the keys sometimes sounding like a B-3 organ, at other times like an electric piano. Brickleys guitar was the focus as he showered the audience with some of the most amazing guitar licks Ive heard in a local bar in years. I suppose if I hadnt been drinking beer my mouth would have dropped open for the entire set. My guess is that Brickley listened to the British blues guys, but there is no doubt he learned a few tricks from a wide range of the greats. At times hes doing some straight head B. B. King riffs. Other times theres some Luther Anderson thunder and fire. On other songs Brickley slips into a smooth T-Bone Walker shuffle, and then he downshifts on the next song into a Robert Cray mode. But the amazing thing here is that he takes all this stuff, adds a smooth pop covering to it, and makes it his own. The bonus here is Brickleys cool blue-eyed southern rock voice, much like Gregg Allmans. His voice has both grit and a casual soulfulness, and his singing is intense with a sweet country edge. To cap it off, Brickley writes some damn good originals, too. He did only a couple the night I saw him, but the bands eponymous new debut CD is loaded with fresh and very listenable tunes, from Quietly Hold Me, a sad and mournful ballad Eric Clapton might wish hed written, to the street-smart 9 mm Brother. The Martindales are one hell of a blues band. I hope it doesnt take the rest of the world as long as I did to figure this out."
-Alan Goldsmith