ber of The Outlaws is by no means emulating the style of the great Southern rock band. What he is doing though is equally amazing and excellent. Arnold has recorded a solo album filled with acoustic blues - traditional blues songs mixed in with his originals, which are also deeply rooted in the blues. The album war recorded by Tim Duffy at Music Makers in North
Carolina.The vocals are excellent and I just love the guitar- lots of slinky acoustic slide. It is recorded live - just a man and his guitar, with no overdubs. This is the real deal. His covers of Tommy Johnson’s “Big Road Blues” and Tampa Red’s “Love Her with a Feeling” share the space with one of my favorite tracks on the record, “Peace in Hell.” There is a shout out to Outlaws fans, as Arnold resurrects a song he wrote for The Outlaws, “Cold and Lonesome,” only now, it takes on the vibe of a classic Jimmy Reed blues. Harvey is an excel- lent songwriter, as evident in “I Got You,” a love song to his guitar. One fine album...Speaking of acoustic, The Charlie Daniels Band has released their first ever acoustic album - Off The Grid: Doin it Dylan. Forty-five plus years after Charlie played gui- tar on Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline, he pays tribute to our generation’s finest songwriter with a great set of Dylan covers, done CDB style. The mix of tunes is pretty great, with Charlie putting the Tennessee twang on “Tan- gled Up in Blue,” ‘Just Like a Woman,” and the excellent “Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” Daniels’ passion for his faith comes through
loud and clear in his delivery of “Gotta Serve Somebody,” and it is a real treat to hear Char- lie tackle “Country Pie,” a lesser-known track that he played on with Dylan back in the day. Daniels told me that “The Times They are a Changin” has always been at the top of his long list of favorite Dylan songs, and he does a fine rendition here. The lyrics seem just as poignant now as they did in the sixties. Maybe even more so. An excellent collection of
tunes...My sweet Carolinas continue to pump out amazing music. One outstand- ing band is Idlewilde South, and their debut album Ghosts really had me at “hello.” First formed in 1979, the band rocked around the East Coast for a while before ultimately suc- cumbing to “real life,” work, family, etc. Then last year the guys de- cided to regroup and record their first ever
album, filled with original songs that are hook-laden, melodic and just plain fun. They call themselves a “Southern Rock” band - after all, they are named for The Allman Brothers Band’s second album- but this is no Skynyrd; no Marshall Tucker; no Allmans. It is totally fresh, new, original rock and roll. Sure, there are hints here and there of their great Southern influences, as well as others. Some songs have the jingle-jangle sound of Roger McGuinn and the Byrds (“One Step Closer to Death,” one of the best songs on the record) , some hint at Tom Petty - or Bob Seger. But don’t try to read ahead. Just when you think you have the guys figured out, they toss you a great country song like “Big
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