Artist.......: Colin Linden
Album........: Raised by Wolves
Label........: Colombia
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: CK 80329
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Apr-22-2006
str.date.....: Feb-08-2000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.colinlinden.com
track title time
01. Too Late to Holler 04:50
02. Love's Like Rain 04:30
03. Anything, Anytime, Anywhere 03:56
04. Raging River 04:30
05. Easy Rider 04:29
06. He Wasn't Fooling 03:51
07. Before the Blues 03:58
08. Love Everyone 03:44
09. George Chuvalo 04:49
10. Holy Fire 05:22
11. Ten Years 03:55
12. Ride With Me 03:46
13. Twister 03:01
14. Do Remember Me 04:10
Runtime 58:51 min
Size 85,6 MB
Release Notes:
As startling and eye-grabbing as the cover art is,
it does not hold a candle to the aural pleasure and
surprises contained on the disk. If you don't like
your raw blues mixed with gospel, rockabilly, and
New Orleans rhythms, this may not be your cup of
tea ù unless you just flat out love good and
innovative music. If you take Howlin' Wolf
(Linden's friend and hero) and mix him with the
slide guitar work of Ry Cooder (this isn't the raw
Elmore James style), then throw in some early Band
along with some gospel harmonies in the style of
Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers, just for good
measure, you'll begin to get an idea of the
richness offered here. The combination of a fertile
and full sound quality with a wide variety of
musical styles makes for a disc that never gets
dull or "same" sounding. A real appreciation and
love for the experience of this music comes through
on this album. This is a disc that was made to
express the appreciation that Colin Linden, along
with the musicians whom he has assembled, feels for
this music. From the deep, swampy "Love Everyone"
to the funk that crosses Memphis/Muscle Shoals and
New Orleans in "Twister" to the gospel-tinged "Ride
With Me," and throughout, this disc bubbles and
percolates with a solid, in-your-face attitude
towards the music. John Whynot sitting in the
producer's chair probably lends big support to
Linden's relaxed style and manner. Captured here
are the rare moments of a band just after their
final sound check with all the technical things
tweaked and twisted; they're bubbling with
straight-ahead brashness and cutting loose to get
it out and play it to the hilt. Both of Linden's
two Compass discs (Through the Storm, Through the
Night) are absolute stunners.