| Wood Brothers, The / Smoke Ring Halo |
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| Album: | Smoke Ring Halo | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Wood Brothers, The | Added: | Mar 2012 | |
| Label: | Southern Ground Artists | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-06-02 | Pull Date: | 2012-08-05 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 26, 2016: | Feng Shui Made It Up The Mountain | 4. | Jan 20, 2016: | 1-20-2016 Mary Anna, Blue And Green, Made It Up The Mountain, Smoke Ring Halo | |
| 2. | Feb 20, 2016: | the pocket When I Was Young | 5. | Jun 30, 2015: | That's Not Bluegrass Stumbled In | |
| 3. | Jan 20, 2016: | funk to fiddle Made It Up The Mountain | 6. | Jan 08, 2015: | 1-8-2015 Made It Up The Mountain |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2012-05-19 | ||
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This record is a museum of rootsy American styles: folk, R&B, Country-rock, even a bit jazz in spots. Songs are creative & original, but proudly let their many influences show. The core group is Oliver Wood on lead vocals & guitars, brother Chris on bass & harmonica, and a drummer. Numerous guests (some notable) sit in; #3, 5, & 10 have big ensembles incl organ & horns. A very good album. I like every song; some I like a lot. No FCC issues 1 * Mid-fast mostly. Folk-rock love song. Acoustic guitar with min bass & drums. (3:27) 2 * Fast, cookin’ Southern-fried rock. Outstanding slide guitar, both rhythm & solo. (3:57) 3 **Slow dance in swaying 3/4. Pleading of neglected wife. Highlight is a big organ. (3:30) 4 * Mid-tempo bluesy slither with a Dr-John-like vocal. (4:46) 5 *** Mid-tempo ironic break-up song. Like a song John Prine could have written. Big extended band with harmonica, organ, horns sounds great. Perhaps his best singing. (3:27) 6 ** Fast. Jazzy (Moss Allison style) lyric & vocal, set to funky R&B guitar & bass. (3:46) 7 * Slow. Folk-rock ballad about taking a chance & committing to someone. Fine layered guitars. Dead ringer Neil Young harp. (4:16) 8 *** Wow. Rhythm section sounds like Stax Records. Call & response singing right out of church. Fun, funky Southern-rock sounds like Little Feat. So much to like. (3:44) 9 * Mid-tempo, mellow cosmic country. Singing a bit twangy. Hum-along melody. (3:56) 10 ** Slow & bluesy. Quite spare at first; grows to include horns. Powerful singing. (3:32) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mary Anna | 6. | When I Was Young | |||
| 2. | Shoofly Pie | 7. | The Shore | |||
| 3. | Pay Attention | 8. | Made It Up The Mountain | |||
| 4. | Stumbled In | 9. | Rainbow | |||
| 5. | Smoke Ring Halo | 10. | Blue And Green |