Grinderswitch - Honest To Goodness (Reissue) (1974/1994)
Artist: Grinderswitch
Title: Honest To Goodness
Year Of Release: 1974/1994
Label: One Way Records
Genre: Blues, Rock, Southern Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 42:00
Total Size: 113/288 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Honest To Goodness
Year Of Release: 1974/1994
Label: One Way Records
Genre: Blues, Rock, Southern Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 42:00
Total Size: 113/288 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Kiss The Blues Goodbye (Dru Lombar) - 5:02
2. Can't Keep A Good Man Down (Dru Lombar, Larry Howard, Joe Dan Petty, Rick Burnett) - 4:00
3. How The West Was Won (Larry Howard) - 5:28
4. Eighty Miles To Memphis (Joe Dan Petty) - 3:06
5. Catch A Train (Dru Lombar) - 4:48
6. Roll On Gambler (Larry Howard) - 5:22
7. Homebound (Dru Lombar) - 6:51
8. Peach County Jamboree (Dru Lombar) - 3:54
9. You're So Fine (Live Version) (Lance Finnie, Willie Schofield, Bob West) - 3:29
Dru Lombar - Lead, Slide Guitars, Lead Vocals
Larry Howard - Electric, Acoustic Guitars
Joe Dan Petty - Bass, Backing Vocals
Rick Burnett - Drums, Congas, Percussion
Guest Musicians
Paul Hornsby - Piano, Organ, Producer
Richard Betts - Guitar
Jaimoe (Jai Johanny Johanson) - Congas
Grinderswitch's debut album starts off well enough with the Dickey Betts-driven "Kiss the Blues Goodbye," which makes for a riveting introduction. Nothing else here really matches its tightness or excitement, and the songwriting isn't up to the standard that the group would reach over the next couple of years. There's decent playing throughout, but apart from the opener, "Homebound" is the only track off the original album that begins to demonstrate Grinderswitch's potential, Dru Lombar's soulful voice finally finding a vehicle through which he can express himself properly. That, and a live bonus track ("You're So Fine"), are more representative of this band than most of the rest of this early effort.
