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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Stone Cold , from Russ Green , and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with Lint Redux , you are immediately in the middle of a swampy blues with modern effects. With a firm foot stomp by Felix Pollard on drums and Vic Jackson on bass Russ Green on harmonica and vocals really has the earthy feel. Giles Corey on slide gives the track great grease and Green's harp work is strong. Excellent opener. 12 Feet of Water opens with a terrific harmonica aria before grinding into a super drum driven romp. With the feel that I can only describe as Hill Country , Green delivers such soulful vocals, comforted by Joe Monroe on keys, this track just grabs you. Green's harmonica is like a shuddering wind blowing through you with the thumping bass of Vic Jackson and Vince Agwada on guitar. Excellent! Easy going shuffle, Nobody Knows has a smooth, supple melody with backing acoustic guitar, minimal drum work and melodic ha...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd re-issue 6 albums on 180g vinyl / promo CDs and hi-def audio available
With signature tunes like
Sweet Home Alabama and Freebird, endless jams on stage, defiant Southern image
and rock ‘n’ roll swagger, Lynyrd Skynyrd is best known for popularizing the
southern hard-rock genre during the 1970s. At the peak of their success
however, three members including Ronnie Van Zant, the founding member, lead
vocalist and main songwriter, died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an
abrupt end to the band's most popular incarnation.
Now available on 180 gram
heavyweight audiophile vinyl are all of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s live and studio albums
released between 1973 and 1977, with exact reproductions of original artwork,
including (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), Second Helping, Nuthin' Fancy,
Gimme Back My Bullets, One More From The Road, Street Survivors.
Upfront of the vinyl
reissues comes Southern Surroundings in High Definition Audio, featuring eleven
classic songs including the ten-minute extended version of Free Bird plus Sweet
Home Alabama live from The Fox Theatre in 1976.
Tracklists:
(Pronounced
'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
Side one
I Ain't the One
Tuesday's Gone
Gimme Three Steps
Simple Man
Side two
Things Goin' On
Mississippi Kid
Poison Whiskey
Free Bird
Second Helping
Side one
Sweet Home Alabama
I Need You
Don't Ask Me No Questions
Workin' for MCA
Side two
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
Swamp Music
The Needle and the Spoon
Call Me the Breeze
Nuthin'
Fancy
Side one
Saturday Night Special
Cheatin' Woman
Railroad Song
I'm a Country Boy
Side two
On the Hunt
Am I Losin'
Made in the Shade
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
Gimme Back My
Bullets
Side one
Gimme Back My Bullets
Every Mother's Son
Trust
I Got the Same Old Blues
Side two
Double Trouble
Roll Gypsy Roll
Searching
Cry for the Bad Man
All I Can Do Is Write
About It
One More From The
Road
Side one
Workin' For MCA
I Ain't The One
Searching
Tuesday's Gone
Side two
Saturday Night Special
Travellin' Man
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
Sweet Home Alabama
Side three
Gimme Three Steps
Call Me The Breeze
T For Texas
Side four
The Needle And The Spoon
Crossroads
Free Bird
Street Survivors
Side one
What's Your Name
That Smell
One More Time
I Know a Little
Side two
You Got That Right
I Never Dreamed
Honky Tonk Night Time Man
Ain't No Good Life
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