Guitarlos, Carlos / Straight From the Heart
Album: Straight From the Heart   Collection:General
Artist:Guitarlos, Carlos   Added:Jun 2003
Label:Nomad Record Group  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-06-16 Pull Date: 2003-08-18
Week Ending: Aug 24 Aug 17 Aug 10 Aug 3 Jul 20 Jul 13 Jul 6 Jun 29
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. May 08, 2005: Mother's Day Mini-Marathon
The Drought Song
4. Aug 15, 2003: Approximation Society
Where Is the Music?
2. Aug 21, 2003: Baptism of Solitude
When the Pain Stops Killing
5. Aug 07, 2003: Baptism of Solitude
When the Pain Stops Killing
3. Aug 18, 2003: Radio Red Well
When the Pain Stops Killing
6. Aug 03, 2003: To The Moon
Damn' Atchafalaya

Album Review
Gabe
Reviewed 2003-06-09
Excellent roadhouse rock from a longtime Mission busker. Guitarlos, his band, and guests (Dave Alvin, John Doe, Mike Watt) mix blues, soul, rockabilly, and country into straight ahead rock. There's nothing groundbreaking here; rather, it's aural comfort food. The lyrics lean to lost love, lost homes, lost opportunities, and hope, redemption, and continued effort in the face of all that.

1. Twangy fast one
2. Lovin' blues
3. Chuggin' assertion of self-worth
4. Bluesy prayer
5. Fast road blues
6. Woeful blues
7. Swingin' rockabilly featuring Dave Alvin - Whew!
8. Mellow blues
9. Bar-room country and western with the help of John Doe
10. Fast boogie tune
11. Pounding blues
12. Mellow jazz-inflected tune
13. Shufflin' blues
14. True roadhouse ode to the CoCo Club
15. Fast, good-time rock with an almost island sway
16. Slow, bitter blues
17. Searing sadness

Track Listing
1. Damn' Atchafalaya   9. Two Tavern Town
2. The Love I Want   10. Dance with Your Baby
3. Ain't that Lovin' You   11. Everybody's Got the Blues
4. Straight From the Heart   12. The Drought Song
5. Easyrider   13. Women & Whiskey
6. The Sea of All My Troubles   14. Co Co Club
7. Poppin' & Bumpin'   15. Where Is the Music?
8. Keep My Hot Tamales Warm   16. You Don't Know What Love Is
  17. When the Pain Stops Killing