Big disappointment... - Nine piece band from New Orleans featuring C.C.Adcock on guitar along with John Hiatt, Sonny Landreth, Steve Riley, etc. Sounds great huh? Big disappointment. Found the wall-of-sound to be flat and it just never jelled for me.
Looking for the Rock in Swamp Rock? - Looking for the rock in swamp rock? Be prepared to look hard here. Lil Band O Gold, billing itself as a Swamp Rock supergroup, turns out to be slightly off base in this release. The CD is heavy with ballads and laments, with sad songs of lost love and mournful dirges taking up slightly more than half the songlist. If swamp blues are what you re looking for though, you ll be satisfied, especially with the wonderful vocal work, both lead and backup, of First You Cry. C.C. Adcock (who co-produced this recording) provides his usual gritty guitar sound, the mournful pedal-steel work is that of Richard Comeaux. Of the up tunes on this effort, Shirley was a surprise, with the innocent lyrics and raw sound of early 60 s pop. A Cajun dance-hall standard written by the late, great Dewey Balfa, Parlez Nous a Boire ( let us talk of drinking, and not of marriage ) gets a kicked-up treatment here, with driving bass line, hard-edged vocals and an intriguing sax opener. 7 Nights 2 Rock, a familiar rockabilly number, beckons you to the dance floor, but could have used another rockin number as its follow-up, not the undistinguished slow dance of Dreamgirl. The swamp rock highlights here? Allons Rock N Roll and Cajun Twist -- both benefit from Steve Riley vocal and accordion work, and great backing by the St. Martin Horns (Dickie Landry, David Greeley, and Pat Breaux). If you re not up and dancing to the Cajun Twist cher, your feet must not work.