Now I'm a big fan of Link Wray's early 70's work, and this self-titled album released in 1971 (and long out of print) is the centerpiece of that work. This is not the Link Wray you are familiar with, this is rootsy, gutteral, bluesy, folksy.....just damned good. Think of it like this, this album is to Link Wray what "American Recordings" was to Johnny Cash. This album was recorded in an abandoned chicken coup dubbed the "three-track shack" and features some of the best country-rock-folk-blues you are likely to ever hear. Pretty much every song on here is essential listening, but the standouts among the standouts are "La-Di-Da", "Take Me Home Jesus", "Fallin' Rain", "Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes", "God Out West", and the exposive "Fire and Brimstone". Download this just for "fire and brimstone" if you haven't heard it, and I guarantee you will be a convert.
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Hey Truersound! Thanks for the Heat Warps shout out. Would you mind just posting a link to the post itself rather than including the download link? Having more references to the megaupload link makes it easier for the RIAA to find and delete the uploaded file. We've gotta do what we can to play the game!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
JR
jr, I fixed it, removed the DL link and left the direct link to the post.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff you got on your blog BTW, thanks for the Mordacai Jones (didn't have that one)