
Byrds - Lover Of The Bayou (1970) [ purchase ] The live LP kicks off promisingly with one of the Gene Tryp numbers, "Lover Of The Bayou." This foreboding tale of a voodoo houngan man is swamp-mojo braggadocio in the great tradition of Bo Diddley 's "Who Do You Love." The music is threatening, and tense, like the rant of its witch-doctor narrator. -- Byrdwatcher on (Untitled) It's been awhile since I tackled the Clarence White catalog, so let's dive back in with [...]
Sois bastantes los que ya os habéis acercado a dejar vuestras impresiones sobre LO MEJOR DEL ROCK DE 2008 . De momento un adelanto de los que para vosotros han sido los mejores temas de este año que está a punto de terminar. Kei , de Blogbraker se decanta por "English Rose" de Motörhead [...]
I was intrigued when I heard that Mudcrutch (Tom Petty's old/new band) planned to release a limited-edition double LP of their belated debut album accompanied by a special "Full Dynamic Range" Audiophile CD that would sound different from the standard, dynamically compressed, mass-market CD. I figured this would be the version of the album to get, so I special ordered it from my local brick-and-mortar retailer. As with Elvis Costello's latest release , I suspect the decision to release the album in this way suggests what lurks behind the recent resurgence of interest in vinyl LPs; namely [...]
After a thirty-year plus layoff, Tom Petty decides to get his old band back together, and the result is his best album in recent memory.
A grand old slice of classic country rock that serves as Tom Petty's finest work in almost a decade.
Last year, the band that existed prior to the formation of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, re-formed after an over 30-year hiatus. Mudcrutch has now released a new eponymous album on Reprise, which contains both new and old tracks. More details in the videos: (more...)