Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Ray Wylie Hubbard Title: Growl Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Philo / Umgd Original Release Date: 1/1/2003 Re-Release Date: 4/1/2003 Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Styles: Americana, Outlaw Country, Classic Country, Traditional Folk, Singer-Songwriters, Country Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 011671123721 |
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 | Ray Wylie Hubbard Growl Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock
As most music gets slicker and slicker, Hubbard grows more and more crude; Growl is even more eternal and lowdown than Eternal and Lowdown, its predecessor, on which he first explicitly relied on blues roots. With Gurf Mo... more » |
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Amazon.com As most music gets slicker and slicker, Hubbard grows more and more crude; Growl is even more eternal and lowdown than Eternal and Lowdown, its predecessor, on which he first explicitly relied on blues roots. With Gurf Morlix again producing, melodies meander and stumble through faraway guitars and fat, echoing bass and drums while Hubbard ponders his usual Big ?Uns such as sin, loneliness, temptation, betrayal, and afterlife. There?s plenty of slow, shimmering bottleneck, nimble fingerpicking, and dark Southern Gothic. "Purgatory Road" could be a rewrite of "Tobacco Road" by the very wasted offspring of Tony Joe White and Bobbie Gentry. Now and again, the band shows it can also rock, as on the (perhaps overly) jaundiced "Rock-N-Roll Is a Vicious Game," or chug, as on "Stolen Horses." The biting Hubbard wit may be pretty much absent here, but that?s okay, too, because this stuff packs enough of a wallop that you don?t miss it. --John Morthland Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsPass me another Shiner Bock. Jerome Clark | 04/25/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "The is the first Ray Wylie Hubbard CD I have ever bought. All I have to say is I will be buying more. I can not belive I missed the boat on the artist. This is the type of Texas county music I love and needs to be played more on the radio. All songs on this CD are first rate. This album sounds great sitting on the porch smoking a cigar and drinking a Shiner while talking about Texas and how great we have it here. This a must for any music fan." Down home at midnight Jerome Clark | Canby, Minnesota | 04/10/2003 (4 out of 5 stars) "I mean no disrespect in observing that Growl, surely Ray Wylie Hubbard's finest album, brings to mind Bob Dylan's recent work: gritty, bluesy electric sound, lyrics exhaled through clenched teeth, the years rolled by, death coming down the highway, not a moment or a thought to waste. As with Dylan's, Hubbard's writing is filtered through an intense affection for traditional folk music, lyrics from which each misses no opportunity to quote or paraphrase. At least two songs, "Rooster" and "Little Mama," could easily pass for the real thing.Hubbard has the benefit of Gurf Morlix's keen producer's talents. As usual Morlix finds a perfect fusion of roots and modern sensibility. Even if you paid no attention to what Hubbard was singing about, this record would just plain sound good, even thrilling, to the ear. It must be said, however, that strong melodies aren't Hubbard's strong suit. Mostly, these are grooves more than melodies, and there's nothing here you're going to be humming in the shower. Still, Growl -- pretty much what this CD is -- is one superior piece of work." WOW...GREAT STUFF J. F. Cooper | Dallas, Tx | 06/28/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is like Robert Johnson meets Willie Nelson. Fantastic slide guitar and the lyrics are pure Texas poetry."
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