Artist: Royal Southern Brotherhood
Album: Don't Look Back
Bitrate: 249kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Ruf Records
Genre: Blues
Size: 127.26 megs
PlayTime: 1h 07min 30sec total
Rip Date: 2015-06-03
Store Date: 2015-05-22
Track List:
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01. I Wanna Be Free 5:25
02. Reach My Goal 4:59
03. Don't Look Back 4:57
04. Hit Me Once 4:37
05. The Big Greasy 5:50
06. Hard Blues 4:26
07. Better Half 4:52
08. Penzi 5:03
09. It's Time For Love 3:38
10. Bayou Baby 5:34
11. Poor Boy 4:22
12. They Don't Make 'Em Like You No 4:16
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13. Come Hell Or High Water 5:05
14. Anchor Me 4:26
Release Notes:
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Though DonÆt Look Back refers to the banjo-propelled, reggae-tinged title track,
it could also be Royal Southern BrotherhoodÆs philosophy these days with the
departure of blistering guitarists Mike Zito and Devon Allman.
Their shoes are capably filled, however, with newest members Bart Walker and
Tyrone Vaughan (son of Jimmie Vaughan) who brings more of a funk and rhythmic
edge. While it rocks in the Royal Southern Brotherhood (RSB) tradition, at the
same time, there isnÆt the feeling of songs belonging to any particular member,
such as a Zito or an Allman, as it did on RSBÆs sophomore effort heartsoulblood.
The arrangements are highly interactive with various partsùNevilleÆs mesmerizing
world rhythms, Walker and VaughnÆs guitars and Charlie WootenÆs fluid, sometimes
melodious bass linesùdarting in and out. While there are plenty of all-out
guitar assaults, in other places, Walker and Vaughan riff off each other in
call-and-response fashion. Additionally, Walker shades in different sounds with
banjo and mandolin.
Interestingly, DonÆt Look Back was recorded at FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals,
Alabama whose hit bound reputation was built by the likes of Aretha Franklin,
Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. Although the experience was admittedly somewhat
spiritual, living together in a rented house only deepened RSBÆs
cohesivenessùsomething thatÆs really felt here.
Although you couldnÆt escape these grooves if you wanted to, thereÆs a sensitive
and cerebral side as well with personal testimonies (ôBetter Halfö) and messages
for mankind (ôPenziö). The soul breezy ôItÆs Time For to Loveö calls for
brotherhood and unity for all. And that fits too, because for RSB, moving
forward is the only way to go.