Crankshaft And The Gear Grinders / Junkyard Rhythm
Album: Junkyard Rhythm   Collection:General
Artist:Crankshaft And The Gear Grinders   Added:Apr 2011
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-09-11 Pull Date: 2011-11-13
Week Ending: Oct 23 Oct 16 Oct 9 Sep 18
Airplays: 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 20, 2011: The Songsmith Show
Neighbor Boys
4. Sep 16, 2011: The Songsmith Show
Prayin' For Snow
2. Oct 15, 2011: ThermoNuclearBar/Nosotros Project
Ode To The '59
5. Sep 14, 2011: Brownian Motion
Prayin' For Snow
3. Oct 06, 2011: The Songsmith Show
Neighbor Boys

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2011-08-26
The debut album of this Minneapolis group. Bar-band blues and blues-rock with electric guitar, bass, drums, and harmonica, literally recorded in a basement. All original songs written by Alex Larson, the guitarist and singer.

FCC in track 3.

1. Mid-tempo instrumental. Lightnin Hopkins riff on guitar with bass. Harp joins in later. (2:47)
2. Down-n-out blues with vocal, heavy on the blues harp. RIYL Charlie Musselwhite, say. (3:43)
3. FCC no no. Unimpressive song anyway. (3:15)
4. Standard 8-bar blues. Rhythm guitar propels it along. MANY verses; it gets tedious. (4:18)
5. * Up-tempo blues rock, heavy on rhythm guitar. Humorous lyric. (3:24)
6. Old timey sound, with honky-tonk piano & kazoo (maybe?). Perhaps play it for humor. (2:52)
7. Another 8-bar blues w shuffling rhythm. Uninspired lyric, a metaphor goes nowhere. (2:28)
8. * Finally something that rocks. Classic up-tempo 70s-style blues rock. (2:44)
9. Slow crawl. A bit of crunch on rhythm guitar. First use of a sax. Nothing too exciting. (3:57)
10. Like 8, fast, blues rock. A larger band this time. Driven by a walking bass line. (2:05)
11. Ode to a car. Mid-tempo rock song, not so bluesy. Mostly a singer & a guitar. (3:42)
12. Yet another blues rocker w rhythm gtr, vox & harp. Running out of things to say. (3:28)
13. * A slow blues instrumental. Just elec guitar, bass & drums. Stylish. Very short. (1:36)
14. Reprise track 1 but much faster this time. (2:27)

Track Listing
1. Junkyward Rhythm   8. Motocycle Woman
2. Leavin' This Town   9. Phantom Ring
3. Scrap Collectin' Man   10. Overheatin'
4. The Curse   11. 327
5. Prayin' For Snow   12. Solid Gone
6. Neighbor Boys   13. Ode To The '59
7. I'm A Chainsaw   14. Junkyard Rhythm