Life, Love and Leaving

Artist: The Detroit Cobras
Label: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 790276063525
EAN: 0790276063525
ASIN: B00005B4FN

Release Date: 2001-05-15

Life, Love and Leaving

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Tracks:

Hey Sailor
He Did It
Find Me a Home
Oh My Lover
Cry On
Stupidity
Bye Bye Baby
Boss Lady
Laughing at You
Can't Miss Nothing
Right Around the Corner
Won't You Dance With Me
Let's Forget About the Past
Shout Bamalama

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Like the Dirtbombs or the Screws, the Detroit Cobras are an underground rock & roll act that pays homage to the decades of artists who have hit the vinyl before them. These Motor City garage rockers combine gospel, soul, R&B, and '50s rock & roll to create a unique mix of retro innocence and tight, danceable music overflowing with rhythm and grit. Frontwoman Rachael Nagy croons with class and soul, with a low, hearty voice that sounds husky and warm. On the band's second album, <I>Life, Love and Leaving</I>, the Cobras cover songs by everyone from Otis Redding and Ike Turner to more obscure acts like Clyde McPhatter (the amazing ballad "Let's Forget About the Past") and Ronnie Mack (the mind-blowing "Cry On"). While a band that only does covers may sound like a one-trick pony, the Cobras manage to mine the hidden parts of bygone eras, coming back with gems that might go otherwise unheard to the next generations, and creating a great style of their own in the process. <I>--Jennifer Maerz</I>

Album Description

Motor City bad-asses the Detroit Cobra's 2nd album, (Sympathy For The Record Industry) with a new line-up. Led by vocalist Rachel Nagy and guitarist Maribel Restrepo, the band charges through fourteen tracks of classic soul and R&B delivered with ferocious garage-punk energy. Includes songs by Mickey Lee Lane, Jackie Deshannon, Ronnie Mack, Mary Wells, Ike Turner, Clyde McPhatter, Otis Redding, and more. Includes Eddie Harsch of the Black Crowes on bass.

Customer Reviews:

"Got a song in my mind".......2007-01-09

Very cool album. Nagy's got pipes. "Hey Sailor" is flat out powerful. A couple of the other tracks have an ampling Big-Bopperesque beat that is a little too simplistic...maybe could have been amped up a bit more...just not as strong as some of the other tracks, and pale slightly by direct one after another comparison.

In any event, I bought 5 very good CD's this month and this is the one getting all of the time in the player. I will be picking up more Cobras. I also want to see them live, but haven't seen where they make the trip over to GR very often.

Goes nicely with city that is re-inventing itself as we speak.

A GREAT TIME OF R'N'R.......2006-08-16

Nothing fancy here but this band does whirl up an enticing atmosphere of 50's-60's style rock n roll and makes it sound real fresh and invigorating. I had a real pleasant time listening to this disc. Totally blows away all of that modern day alternative fake rock crap.

This material is truly invaluable. RACHEL is hot!!!

God's Favorite Bar Band.......2005-12-08

Forget everything you've heard and read about the White Stripes for a minute. Oh, sure, they're cute in their red and white togs and all, despite Jack White managing to look like he's just vomited in almost every photo you see of him, but on a grass roots level, they barely register on the radar in their hometown of Detroit. I should know - I live there...

And despite Meg White's ability to master her drum kit in much the same way a left-handed pre-schooler masters tying his shoelaces, it's women like Wendy Case of The Paybacks and Rachel Nagy of the Detroit Cobras who are the real queens of the roost around here. Live with it.

Although they've been tied up in my own back yard since 1994, it wasn't until an on-line acquaintance sent me a mix CD last year that I got my first taste of The Detroit Cobras. Quite simply put, Nagy's voice, whether she realizes it or not, is a gift from above.

"Shout Bama Lama," a cover of the old Otis Redding shouter, just may be the best thing the Cobras have ever done. It's stop-and-start cadence and churning glam/punk guitars, Nagy purring "She's bustin' bricks now," actually forced me to pull my car over to the side of the road the first time I heard it.

We may be dirty and broke here in the Murder City, but we're also smart. Look no further than the Detroit Cobras for proof positive.

If you are cool, you will own this CD........2004-05-18

OK, I have this rule about playing music that is real popular or well known: I don't do it.

Certainly it doesn't mean I don't like good music.

I devote alot of time trying to find "underground" music to enjoy.

So I came across this album a couple days ago, and it was my best score in some time.

A beautiful rocking collection of 50's and 60's songs, redone in a modern "garage" style. Awesome!

So when you are become tired of The Strokes, White Stripes, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Kills, check out THE DETROIT COBRAS!

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