Soledad Brothers (Bonus Tracks) (2000) ( )

Product Summary Label: Estrus (exclusive) UPC: 00745058127124 Release Date: 7/18/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60420113 Item#: MW97GH Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Gospel According To John ~ Soledad Brothers 2. What Hath God Wrought ~ Soledad Brothers 3. Weight Of The World, The ~ Soledad Brothers 4. Front St. Front ~ Soledad Brothers 5. Lovin' Machine ~ Soledad Brothers 6. Cadillac Hips ~ Soledad Brothers 7. Shining Path ~ Soledad Brothers 8. Rock Me Slow ~ Soledad Brothers 9. Handle Song ~ Soledad Brothers 10. St. Ides Of March ~ Soledad Brothers 11. Sugar & Spice ~ Soledad Brothers 12. I-75 Boogie ~ Soledad Brothers 13. Do The Heartstopper ~ Soledad Brothers 14. Gimme Back My Wig ~ Soledad Brothers 15. Mysterious Ways ~ Soledad Brothers   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The Soledad Brothers: Johnny Walker (vocals, guitar, harp, organ); Ben Swank (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Brian Olive (guitar); Meg White (percussion). Recorded at 3rd Man Studios, Detroit, Michigan. Includes liner notes by John Sinclair. Personnel: Meg White (percussion). Liner Note Author: John Sinclair. Recording information: 3rd Man Studio, Detroit, MI; Ghetto Records. Guitarist/vocalist Johnny Walker presents a faux southern minister's drawl for much of the record, and while some of the tracks become repetitive ("Gospel According to John"), they are saved by Walker's Delta bluesman-derived style of fingerpicking between the bass and treble strings on his guitar. This helps to fill out the bass-less sound of the duo. Drummer Ben Swank keeps his playing straightforward for much of the record, adding fills only where they're needed ("Front St. Front," "Gimme Back My Wig"). Swank also knows where to add feeling and depth, such as on "The Weight of the World," where he only accents the first beat of every measure with his drums for the first half of the song until the tension builds and the full drum kit enters. Walker and Swank also manage to sound like a more threatening and haunting version of the "Play With Fire"-era Rolling Stones on tracks like "Mysterious Ways" and "Handle Song." This is a raw album that should be well liked by fans of the British Invasion and blues artists such as John Lee Hooker and Honeyboy Edwards. ~ Stephen Howell Engineer: Jack White   Artist Overview Many garage-blues bands sprang up (or were given a new lease on life) after the success of the White Stripes, but few were as musically adventurous as Ohio's Soledad Brothers (who had some musical kinship ties with Jack and Meg White). The trio, led by guitarist Johnny Walker, explored pensive chamber-jazz, sloppy Brit-rock, and other related styles, following their muse rather than a formula. Along the way they released four solid albums (and some blistering live recordings) that garnered enthusiastic press if not instant fame. The band split in 2006, but Walker has gone on to play with the Cut In The Hill Gang. Artist Influences Andre Williams | Captain Beefheart | Flat Duo Jets | Gun Club | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | R.L. Burnside | Reverend Horton Heat | The A-Bones | The Gories | Thee Headcoats | Tom Waits Artist Contemporaries Bantam Rooster | Bible of the Devil | Black Diamond Heavies | Mr. Airplane Man | The Black Keys | The Detroit Cobras | The Greenhornes | The Immortal Lee County Killers | The Kills | The King Khan & BBQ Show | The Raconteurs | The Von Bondies | The White Stripes   Compilation Appearances Fabric Live 07 (Live) We Don't Want Your Fucking War Kat's Karavan:history Of The John Pee   Technical Info Release Date : 07/18/2000 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 81271 Label : Estrus Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00745058127124    Product Image