Driving in Twangesville
The Black Crowes was a significant act first appearing in 1989/90
because they did not create a genre but re-presented one that had disappeared
[in terms of contemporary performers] into the dark hole that had been – largely –
the insipid 80s. This resurrection of rock has more or less been sustained ever
since by countless good to great rock bands, one such current great American one
being Rival Sons.
English bands have made their invaluable contribution, like
The Answer and The Temperance Movement, the latter just announcing they will be
opening for the Rolling Stones in Orlando soon: how is that for demonstrably achieving
your homage to the gods of the genre?
This is by way of acknowledging that the sub-genre to all of
this which is Southern Rock is inhabited largely by American bands who have
that Country gene in their DNA, or at the very least don’t mind the linkage. A
Thousand Horses, formed in 2010 in Nashville [there’s geographical/national
authenticity for you], occupy that territory firmly on this latest release, and
the Country rock is a heavy inclination in both the upbeat numbers as well as ballads,
those latter perhaps the more so in residing happily in Twangesville, a large
and ever-expanding community where you will have passed through and heard it
before but are willing to drive back to and around in, quite content to continue
listening.
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