Various Artists - Country Meets Southern Rock

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

741157335026

Description:

At 40 tracks, this two-disc collection is generous enough, and there are some awesome songs represented, songs that fall into a vague outlaw country/Southern rock ethos, but there are some problems, too. One wonders what`s Southern or country about Canned Heat`s "On the Road Again," for instance, which is really a California band trying to reimagine the blues, or why it`s the Outlaws` doing "Sweet Home Alabama" and Molly Hatchet doing "Free Bird" instead of Lynyrd Skynyrd (most likely a licensing problem, with Skynyrd`s original and better versions costing more). The most serious problem with this set is that most of the tracks aren`t the original version of the song but are instead live performances. The end result of all this is that a good idea -- assembling a compilation of country and Southern rock classics -- ends up being so haphazardly applied that everything feels kind of counterfeit. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Sweet Home Alabama - The Outlaws/Hughie Thomasson/Outlaws
2. King of the Road - Boxcar Willie
3. Free Bird - Molly Hatchet/Charlie Daniels
4. Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
5. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
6. Black Betty - Pat Travers
7. Working Man Blues - Merle Haggard
8. Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White
9. Chicken Fried - Southern All Stars
10. Grange, La - Jim Dandy`s Black Oak Arkansas
11. Lord Knows I`m Drinkin` - Willie Nelson/Bill Anderson
12. Purple People Eater - George Thorogood
13. Don`t the Girls Get Prettier at Closing Time - Mickey Gilley
14. Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
15. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
16. Against the Wind - Jimmy Hall
17. Snortin` Whiskey, Drinkin` Cocaine - Pat Travers
18. Ruby Don`t Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
19. Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised, The - Johnny Paycheck
20. What`s Your Name - Jim Dandy`s Black Oak Arkansas

DISC 2:

1. All Summer Long - Rock Heroes
2. Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
3. Southern Man - Uncle Daddy
4. Rock N` Roll Hoochie Coo - Rick Derringer
5. Phantom 309 - Ferlin Husky
6. Flirtin` with Disaster - Molly Hatchet
7. Train, Train - Blackfoot
8. Call Me the Breeze - Atlanta Rhythm Section
9. Just Good Old Boys - Moe Bandy
10. Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In - Kenny Rogers
11. White Lightnin` - Waylon Jennings
12. Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
13. Hello Walls - Faron Young
14. Gimme Three Steps - Walter Trout
15. Takin` Care of Business - Atlanta Rhythm Section
16. Seasons - Rick Medlocke
17. On the Road Again - Canned Heat
18. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
19. Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore
20. Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley

Album Information

Release Date:

01/01/2009

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

Dead Line Music

Catalog Number:

3350

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Hughie Thomasson

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