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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> Ron Lasalle
:: Title.......> Nobody Rides for Free
:: Label.......> n/a
:: Genre.......> Blues
:: Rip.Date....> 01.16.2007
:: Street.Date.> 00.00.0000
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBRkbps - Joint-Stereo
:: Play Time...> 56:11 min
:: URL.........> http://www.ronlasalle.com/
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:: Track Listing:
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:: 01. Nashville Blues
:: 02. Got Love to Blame
:: 03. Changin' Horses
:: 04. She Did Love Me
:: 05. I Am Love
:: 06. I Still Talk to Angels
:: 07. Try to Trust Again
:: 08. Changed My Ways
:: 09. Act Our Age
:: 10. To You
:: 11. What Never Was
:: 12. Running Blues
:: 13. Nobody Rides for Free
:: 14. Bonus Track (Untitled)
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:: Release Notes:
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:: A step bluesier than Too Angry to Pray, LaSalle's critically
:: acclaimed 2001 release, LaSalle is careful to reward faithful
:: fans who still will find plenty of twang to enjoy on this
:: record. But, as longtime admirers know, LaSalle's trademark
:: soul twang is driven by rhythms more reminiscent of Muscle
:: Shoals than of Nashville. The fact that, as a teenager,
:: LaSalle heavily supplemented a de rigour diet of the Stones,
:: Animals and James Brown with classics from John Lee Hooker,
:: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, is obvious.
::
:: The sleeper highlight for twang lovers may well be the
:: Delbertesque promise embedded in Changed My Ways, which,
:: according to the artist, kicks off "Side Two" of the album.
:: The Manhatten Brothers' production of it is marvelously
:: raggedly and full of unrepentant fun. IÆve been doin' my best
:: to break in/a brand new circle of friends./I quit drinkinÆ,
:: almost smokinÆ/ hell, those habits had to end./ IÆm livin'
:: straight as an arrow/ baby IÆm doin' fine./IÆve changed my
:: ways,/now how can I change your mind? They'll also appreciate
:: Changing Horses, a rocking, roadhouse party song and To You a
:: serenade that could easily find its way into diehard country
:: lovers' hearts.
::
:: A number of satisfying tunes round out the album, including
:: Try to Trust Again (a seductive transition with dueling
:: guitar licks so liquid it could hold its own as an
:: instrumental), Act Our Age (a 60's, south Philly style do wop
:: ditty embracing mid-life crisis), I Still Talk to Angels
:: (inspired by New York artist Samantha Keely Smith's painting
:: Brightness Falls), What Never Was ( A lament of passion and
:: angst), and She Did Love Me (a bittersweet ballad highlighted
:: by the mellow tremolo of its baritone guitar).
::
:: Vowing that his love was, in fact, true, LaSalle heads into
:: the finale like he opened the album, steeped in the blues.
:: But with Running Blues the result is more nightclub
:: reminiscent of Ray Charles than it is of anybody's front
:: porch.
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:: Buy it if you like it!!
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