What do you get when you mix the great sounds of Warren Zevon, Steve Earle, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young and the Allman Brothers together?
You get an intensely passionate blend of country-folk-rock music that sounds like it emerged from the mists of the swamplands of the southern states; not quite southern rock, but heady with its influence; not quite folk music, but teetering on its edge; not quite country, but there are just hints..... this is rock music as it used to be.
Great songs that explore life as we know it, capturing the uncertainties and fears of being middle-aged in a modern world, trying to hang on in there and keep a grip as life accelerates away from us like a Lexus from the lights. Genuine music for middle-aged men and women who refuse to grow up, least grow old, and who carry on buying the 30-year anniversary albums of our favourite bands of the 1970’s, our heroes from the days when we were young: our days.....
Yet there is plenty here too for the young; Swamp Dogs music brings roadhouse music into the twenty-first century, bringing modern influences into the great music of the ‘old days’. The outcome is a heady stew that blends rock-a-billy with rock 'n' roll, country & western and blues. Oh, and there’s a couple of surprises in there too.
Raucous, Lou Reed-styled vocals, walking bass lines, screaming lead guitars and passionate acoustic guitar.....you’ll find all of that. But you’ll also find lyrics and melodies that touch your heart in a way that your cardiologist just can’t reach.
So slip it into your player, or select it from the download list of this web-pod-thingy and click on it, or whatever, sit back, turn it up, and drift back to a world where you are still young and ready to kick ass with the best of them.....
Enjoy!
