Blackie & the Rodeo Kings started out as a project in which three singer/songwriters – Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden, and Tom Wilson – got together to pay homage to a friend and colleague, and as good as they are together, BARK are a band that cherish their sense of democracy so much that no one ever seems like the leader. As a result, their best recordings have the feel of a casual guitar pull more than a group of heavyweights hatching a grand project, and that’s certainly the case with South, the trio’s eighth album. “Gotta Stay Young” even leaves in the false starts as the gang briefly stumbles before finding the groove, while a few stray laughs can be heard in “I’m Still Loving You,” and much of South sounds like it could have been recorded in a couple afternoons in someone’s living room with good microphones and some whiskey on hand for company. And that’s a compliment; the loose, spontaneous feel of these sessions serves the songs especially well, while the minimal accompaniment and hands-off production (by Linden) reinforces the sense that this album doesn’t put up many barriers between the performers and the listener. And it sure doesn’t hurt that these guys brought some solid material to the table, such as Wilson’s rough and sweet “Gotta Stay Young,” Linden’s rough-hewn but evocative “Summertime’s Over,” and Fearing’s fierce and bluesy “Everything I Am.” South is simple but strong, an album that succeeds simply by offering fine songs played well by three guys and a few extra friends who sound honest and invested in their music; that may not seem like the state of the art in contemporary music, but it worked many moons ago and remarkably, it still works today.
by Mark Deming, AMG
Tracklist:
01. North
02. South
03. Gotta Stay Young
04. I’d Have To Be a Stone
05. Blow Me a Kiss
06. Summertimes’ Over
07. Everything I Am
08. I’m Still Loving You
09. Reinventing the Wheel of Love
10. Try Try Try Again
11. Fleur De Lys
12. Driftin’ Snow
EAC extraction logfile from 23. January 2014, 23:07
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings / South
Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B1ST a Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
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2 | 3:20.04 | 4:24.23 | 15004 | 34826
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11 | 36:54.44 | 4:13.51 | 166094 | 185119
12 | 41:08.20 | 4:08.31 | 185120 | 203750
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log date: 2015-11-02 01:22:34
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Analyzed: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings / South
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DR8 -0.08 dB -9.56 dB 2:44 10-Try Try Try Again
DR7 -0.08 dB -8.71 dB 4:14 11-Fleur de Lys
DR8 -0.08 dB -10.64 dB 4:08 12-Driftin Snow
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 835 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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