The 44s - Americana

Year: 2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:50
Size: 126,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Hanging Tree (4:14)
2. Lady Luck (5:10)
3. Cocaine (3:33)
4. Dixie (2:42)
5. She's Poison (5:54)
6. Pleading My Case (3:34)
7. Mr. Operator (4:14)
8. You'll Be Mine (3:18)
9. Slip Slidin' Thang (2:55)
10. 99 To Life (4:35)
11. Hard Times (5:57)
12. Mr. Highway Man (3:35)
13. Hold On (5:03)

For their sophomore album "Americana", Southern Californian four-piece The 44s are reunited with the estimable Kid Ramos for another collection of uncomplicated but wholly satisfying blues rock tunes. Mike Tuturro and J.R. Lozano form as tight a rhythm section as you'll find anywhere, providing a solid back drop for singer/guitarist Johnny Main's Chicago-inspired licks and hard-edged vocals, and blasts from Tex Nakamura's honking harp.

From the hard rocking opener "Hanging Tree" to the rockabilly "Dixie", the Elmore James-recalling "Pleading My Case", and the smokey "Mr Operator", the band turns in a solid, versatile and confident performance - which is taken to incendiary levels by a series of blistering solos from former Fabulous Thunderbird/Fabuloco Ramos on the title track and "Cocaine", Nakamura on "She's Poison", and the Main man in particular on slow-burning future classic "Hard Times".

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