Swamp Rock

Swamp Rock Artist: The Tail Gators
Label: Wrestler Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 027524200129
EAN: 0027524200129
ASIN: B000000DKQ


Release Date: 1992-07-13

Swamp Rock


Related Categories:

General General
Categories | Rock | Styles | Music
Roots Rock Roots Rock
Categories | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop Rock Pop Rock
Categories | Pop | Styles | Music

Tracks:

  1. Pick Up The Deck
  2. Brown Eyed Girl
  3. No One Else Will Go
  4. They Call Me Rockin'
  5. Cajun Honey
  6. Mamou Two Step
  7. Rock And Roll Till The Cows Come Home
  8. Zydeco Waltz
  9. Little Darlin' Be Mine
  10. All Night Worker
  11. Rock Bayou Baby

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  1. Tore Up
  2. Mumbo Jumbo
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  4. Swamp's Up

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars THIS is the Tail Gators item to own..........2006-10-03

I was delighted to see this CD made available for fans of rocakabilly, zydeco, and similar genres. I admit, I don't own the CD, just the LP, and I could not tell from the soundbite if the little electronic buzz that introduces "Pick Up the Deck" is still there, courtesy of marvelously unsophisticated production techniques. PLEASE no one "clean up" this music too much. The "Brown Eyed Girl" song here is NOT Van Morrison's song, but you will hardly be disappointed. Great version of Rockin' Sidney's "The Call Me Rockin." Try it.

4 out of 5 stars Great roots rock with a swamp groove. A simple gem........1998-07-17

The Tail Gators made a beautiful record in "Swamp Rock" -- unpretentious, simple rock trio instrumentation, flashes of virtuosity, and straightforwardness that never becomes cloying. They've got a roots rock feeling that is made for dancing with a mug of beer in hand. Don Leady, out of the LeRoi Brothers, sings with a rough-hewn honesty, and his guitar and fiddle playing are smooth and loping and right on time. Keith Ferguson on bass, out of the early Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Mudcat on drums are a flat out solid rocking groove. The songs, some Leady-penned and others obscure covers, are happy the way a dust covered farmer is happy upon finishing a solid day's plow -- kind of a strong smiling rolling stroll. There is strength in the good-time simplicity of this music. Now let's all dance.

The only down side of this CD is the mix, which is sometimes a bit muddy and has the vocals low. This may have happened in the mastering of the CD -- I don't rememb! ! er the vinyl being this way, but how long has it been since I've heard the vinyl? The mix handles low volume playing poorly, but played loud the vocals seem to bloom a bit, and it's beautiful.

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