May 23, 2009 ~ 8:33 AM
Album Review From Kansas City!
posted by
stewart
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special
from http://www.kcactive.com/aande/soundbites/index.htm
Day of the Outlaw
Black Mountain Majesty
Self-released
While Top-40 country continues to wallow in Toby “I love to sell my image to a crappy restaurant chain while I pretend I’m a cowboy” Keith land, there’s still a few good ole boys out there who understand what 100% pure American country music stands for, and they come from … California?
Well believe it or not, the four fellas who make up Day of The Outlaw know damn well what southern rock is all about, in spades. Right off from their first track, “Truckin’ Country” from the new album Black Mountain Majesty, they lay down the law in fast, hard drivin’ licks and some nice and fancy lyrics:
Rollin’ and I’m reelin’/ And I’m rhymin’ and I’m stealin’
we gonna sleep when we’re dead
I said baby, I ain’t lyin’/ So quit with your cryin’
Truckin’ Country’s where we’ll head…that’s what I said
Think Steve Earle with some White Stripes and Clutch mixed together in a big heepin’ bowl of tasty, tasty Texas-style chili — no beans, lots of meat — and enough heat to burn the top of your mouth off, baby.
Stewart Eastham’s vocals and guitar work are blissfully free of any flag-waving pretensions, and Spurgen Dunbar’s lead guitar is as sooth and tasty as a bottle of Bushmill’s. Pour in some drivin’ drum-work from Cosmo Jones, and a strummin’ bass by Burke Ericson and you got a recipe for some truly great music.
The CD album (the paper kind — good on ya’, guys!) also lists a whole kit-an-kaboodle of back-up musicians involved on various songs. Visit their website, www.dayoftheoutlaw.com, if you want a list. (They even have a free sticker you can ask for— hell, who doesn’t like free stickers?) —Brandon Whitehead
