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Cross Canadian Ragweed
"Soul Gravy"
Universal South
Cross Canadian Ragweed has once again
struck gold with its newest album, “Soul Gravy ”
The album debuted in Billboard’s top five coun
try albums nationwide, even though the album is
anything but country.
Lead man Cody Canada announced before
the album hit stores last month that it would be a
little more rock ‘n’ roll than the band’s previous
albums, and he was a man of his word.
The group even included Ray Wylie
Hubbard’s “Wanna Rock TT Roll ” one of the
many foot-tapping, steering wheel-pounding
tunes that will keep this CD in your stereo play
er for weeks at a time. The track is also the only
song on the album that is not written or co-writ
ten by Canada.
Canada’s songwriting has improved yet again
with the new album.
The debut single, “Sick and T ired,” was writ
ten for his little sister and has done well on the
charts so far. After hearing it for the first time,
it’s easy to understand why.
As is the case with most of Canada's songs, it
is easy for listeners to identify with.
But that’s about the only track on the album
that the group slows down a bit for.
With pounding tunes such as “Number.”
“Again ” “Hammer Down’ and a new version of
a CCR classic “Alabama,” the group had to take
a breather at some point.
The album is produced better than any of the
band’s previous albums. You’d be hard pressed
to hit the skip button while listening.
The group also includes a live DVD with the
album from a concert which was shot at Shadow
Canyon here in College Station last August.
The video is full of live shots of fans, the
group and some of their fellow musicians.
The album and DVD could each sell thou
sands separately, but packaged together, it's
amazing that it can ever be found in a Texas
Country music hotbed like College Station.
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South Austin Jug Band
South Austin Jug Band
Independent release
of this song. It is tight musically
and is the only “silly” song on the
titled album. There is a divine songabon
Texas at night called “Hill County!%
will blow listeners away and sweep them;
blanket of stars out west. Another tim
song is “My Baby in the Sunshine,”
One of the standouts on the CD is3%
cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.” lj
sion turned out different enough to u|
band’s own, but contains enough element
original to pay homage to an influential!:j
This CD can easily be played all tk
through in any setting. It is a great al
infectiously Texan music. This isayoui
that is just getting started and hopefully
around for a "darn tootin’”longtime.
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egorize. It might be called bluegrass, “new-
grass,” neo-Jug. acoustic country-folk. Texas
roots unplugged, swinging Lone Star beatnik
country or anything else that strikes you. but it
might as well be placed under the category of
“essential albums for the human race.”
It is a completely acoustic string band that
brings back many traditional aspects of country
and folk music while blending in new ideas and
influences of today. A five-piece band that
includes two guitars, mandolin, upright bass and
an “if-you-want-to-play-in-Texas- you-must-
have-one” fiddle.
The thing that is the most striking about
SAJB is how “rootsy” it sounds. It could easily
be sitting on your back porch drinking Lone Star
and spitting some chew as it plays its songs
about lost love and ties to the land. The band’s
honest sound is refreshing, and its lyrics repre
sent its love for Texas.
The band's most popular song is the catchy
“The Ballad of Eddie Mullet,” which tells the
story of a group of mullet-wearing, bait shop
robbing societal miscreants. The clever lyrics
say: “Now Hank's mullet ain’t too long / its just
a five and 10 / He got it cut nine months ago /
down at the county pen.”
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reasons, it has become a staple in thisdn
and placed into the hands of young Robe
Randolph - w hat some would call a“dtv
intervention.”
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put in a box. Drawing from funk,blues.rat
jam. gospel and Louisiana Zydeco,“Ui
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the Grateful Dead and many other bands
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tal, these boys get their point across
words. “Good Times” and “Nobody”are
examples of what Randolph can do will
instrument and how he has assembleda
band to back him up. “Why Should 1 Feel
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Randolph’s searing steel guitar solos
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a very young age, he will hopefullyheto
nowhere but up. Currently on tour will
Clapton, Randolph has gained a wwldwi
lowing almost overnight.
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crowds keep swelling, it will be exciting
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