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Category Archives: Roots Rock
DELANEY BRAMLETT – Mobius Strip – (Columbia) – 1973
I probably shouldn’t like Delaney Bramlett as much as I do. I don’t like white blues much (well, unless it is bastardised or taken on a flying carpet somewhere). The “faithful” stuff, when white, I find a little artificial. I … Continue reading
DENNIS LINDE – Trapped in the Suburbs – (Elektra) – 1974
Search this blog and you will see I like (love?) Dennis Linde. Check out my other comments for biographical details on the man. Linde will forever be associated as a country songwriter (because of the number of country acts who … Continue reading
DELANEY BRAMLETT – Some Things Coming – (Columbia) – 1972
White blues I find quite boring. Now, I'm not talking about those who take blues somewhere else of mix it up. I'm not talking about Elvis, the Rolling Stones, Paul Butterfield blues band, Blues Projections, George Thorogood, or even The … Continue reading
DELANEY AND BONNIE – Motel Shot – (Atlantic) – 1971
This album is an unplugged, jam like sing-a-long which became an influential album in Delaney and Bonnie’s career. It is sometimes credited as the first “unplugged” album, and it may be the first entire unplugged album. I shall explain … … Continue reading
JOHN RANDOLPH MARR – John Randolph Marr – (Warner Brothers) – 1970
I can find next to nothing on-line regarding John Randolph Marr. Likewise the texts I have reveal nothing. His voice (unless he is doing a John Fogerty who is Californian) would suggest he is form the south or south-west. Snippets … Continue reading
LITTLE VILLAGE – Little Village – (Reprise) – 1992
A one-off by a group of musicians with similar interests. Allmusic say this in their review of this album: “In 1987, guitarist Ry Cooder, bassist Nick Lowe, and drummer Jim Keltner backed up singer and songwriter John Hiatt on his … Continue reading
THE BRANDOS – Honor Among Thieves – (Relativity) – 1987
I had no knowledge about this band till now. They weren't on my radar and that's strange because the 80s and the 90s were the decades I spent a lot of time searching out new non-mainstream sounds, especially from the … Continue reading
JOHN HIATT – Riding With The King – (Geffen) – 1983
Who is John Hiatt? It's a question that has been raised many times, sometimes unfairly, by others. I have asked it, in a round about way, myself (see my other comment), but cut him slack because he deserves it. Hiatt … Continue reading
ARLO GUTHRIE with Shenandoah – Outlasting the Blues – (Warner Brothers) – 1979
For those who need to read up on who Arlo Guthrie is check the links at the end, or better still check my other entries on him in this blog. For those who can't be bothered I will say he … Continue reading
NICK LOWE – Pinker and Prouder Than Previous – (Demon) – 1988
This is generally considered to be Nick's worst album (or one of the worst). That doesn't mean it's bad it just mean's it's not up to the standards of what Nick Lowe fans expect. Having said that there are those … Continue reading
