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-'''''Country Funk 1969–1975''''' is a [[compilation album]] released on July 24, 2012 by [[Light in the Attic Records]]. The compilation represents selections from an obscure offshoot of [[Country music|country]] and [[funk]] music, deemed "country funk".+'''''Link Wray''''' is the self-titled 1971 album by pioneer [[Rock & Roll]] guitarist [[Link Wray]]. The music is an [[americana music|Americana]] blend of [[blues]], [[Country music|country]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], and [[folk rock]] elements. This music is characterized by the purposeful use of simplified sounds to reflect the then-current vogue of blues and other [[american roots music|roots music]] being used in many [[roots rock]] bands. Wray's guitar-work, composing, and vocals reflected modern rock influences. Despite publicity from radio stations and print media in the Washington area, the album did not do well in national sales.
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-==Background==+
-The compilation represents selections from an obscure offshoot of [[Country music|country]] and [[funk]] music, deemed "country funk". Jessica Hundley of ''[[The New York Times]]'' describes country funk as "an inherently defiant genre […] a style that encompasses the elation of [[Gospel music|gospel]] with the sexual thrust of the [[blues]], [[Country music|country]] [[hoedown]] [[harmony]] with inner city grit. It is both studio slick and barroom raw." Country funk has been described as geographically diverse: "There was no central label or venue around which its practitioners congregated [...] Instead, these tracks are points on a map, representing nearly every corner of America and seemingly endless musical possibilities." Its peak period has been described as a "curious, glorious moment in musical history when dirty, long-haired [[Country rock|country-rockers]] reclaimed [[Old-time music|hillbilly music]] from the slicksters who dominated mainstream country, refashioning the music in their own defiant image."+
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-The compilation was produced by Zach Cowie, Matt Sullivan and [[Pat McCarthy (record producer)|Patrick McCarthy]]; the tracks were remastered by John Baldwin at John Baldwin Mastering.+
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-==Reception==+
-''Country Funk 1969–1975'' received very positive reviews from contemporary music publications. [[Pitchfork Media]] gave the compilation an 8.4 out 10, with Stephen M. Deusner writing that "More than any genre or style, that sense of effusive engagement with such a wide range of materials and perspectives binds these artists together, no matter how disparate their background or their music." Thom Jurek of [[Allmusic]] described the music represented as an illumination of "a brief but fruitful period where genre lines blurred, and both genres benefitted mightily." [[PopMatters]]' Matthew Fiander called the compilation "an awfully impressive feat […] Rather than dig into a genre we already know, or mine a famous part of musical history for new ideas—or worse, old ideas repackaged—this disc proposes a new idea, that some unified thing was happening, even if the people involved weren’t totally aware of it, even if we hadn't given it a name, until now." Nathan Rabin of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that ''Country Funk'' "unforgettably chronicles a moment and a movement long overdue for a revival while highlighting the furtively multi-cultural, freewheeling, and loose roots of a quintessentially American art form."+
 +[[The Neville Brothers]] later covered "[[Fire and Brimstone]]" on their album ''[[Yellow Moon]]'', as did [[Nick Cave]] and [[Ralph Stanley]] for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]''. The band [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]] covered "Fallin' Rain" as bonus track on their album ''[[Feast of Wire]]''. [[Karl Blau]] covered "Fallin' Rain" on his 2016 covers album ''Introducing Karl Blau
==Track listing== ==Track listing==
-Track listing+#"La De Da" (Steve Verroca) - 4:04
-| extra_column = Artist+#"Take Me Home Jesus" (Verroca) - 3:21
-| total_length = 58:49+#"Juke Box Mama" (Verroca) - 4:29
-| title1 = L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas+#"Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes" (Verroca) - 4:02
-| writer1 = {{flat list|+#"Fallin' Rain" (Link Wray) - 3:44
-*[[Dale Hawkins]]+#"Fire and Brimstone" (Wray) - 4:21
-*Randy Fouts+#"Ice People" (Wray) - 3:03
-}}+#"God Out West" (Verroca) - 3:54
-| extra1 = {{flat list|+#"Crowbar" (Wray) - 4:48
-*[[Dale Hawkins]]+#"Black River Swamp" (Wray) - 3:58
-}}+#"Tail Dragger" ([[Willie Dixon]]) - 4:32
-| length1 = 2:45+
-| title2 = Hello L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham+
-| writer2 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Delaney Bramlett]]+
-*[[Mac Davis]]+
-}}+
-| extra2 = {{flat list|+
-*John Randolph Marr+
-}}+
-| length2 = 3:04+
-| title3 = [[Heart & Soul (Johnny Adams album)|Georgia Morning Dew]]+
-| writer3 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Margaret Lewis (singer-songwriter)|Margaret Lewis]]+
-*Myra Smith+
-}}+
-| extra3 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Johnny Adams]]+
-}}+
-| length3 = 3:20+
-| title4 = Lucas Was a Redneck+
-| writer4 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Mac Davis]]+
-}}+
-| extra4 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Mac Davis]]+
-}}+
-| length4 = 2:50+
-| title5 = Light Blue+
-| writer5 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Bobby Darin]]+
-}}+
-| extra5 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Bobby Darin|Bob Darin]]+
-}}+
-| length5 = 3:39+
-| title6 = [[Harlan County (album)|I Wanta Make Her Love Me]]+
-| writer6 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Henry Cosby]]+
-*[[Lula Mae Hardaway]]+
-*[[Sylvia Moy]]+
-*[[Stevie Wonder]]+
-}}+
-| extra6 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Jim Ford]]+
-}}+
-| length6 = 3:10+
-| title7 = Hawg Frog+
-| writer7 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Buzz Clifford]]+
-}}+
-| extra7 = {{flat list|+
-*Gray Fox+
-}}+
-| length7 = 3:26+
-| title8 = [[Link Wray (album)|Fire and Brimstone]]+
-| writer8 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Link Wray]]+
-}}+
-| extra8 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Link Wray]]+
-}}+
-| length8 = 4:21+
-| title9 = Street People+
-| writer9 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Bobby Charles|Robert Guidry]]+
-}}+
-| extra9 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Bobby Charles]]+
-}}+
-| length9 = 3:45+
-| title10 = Funky Business+
-| writer10 = {{flat list|+
-*Joe Donaldson+
-*[[Craig Krampf]]+
-}}+
-| extra10 = {{flat list|+
-*Cherokee+
-}}+
-| length10 = 2:40+
-| title11 = [[Tony Joe|Stud Spider]]+
-| writer11 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Tony Joe White]]+
-}}+
-| extra11 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Tony Joe White]]+
-}}+
-| length11 = 5:38+
-| title12 = Piledriver+
-| writer12 = {{flat list|+
-*Dennis Caldirola+
-}}+
-| extra12 = {{flat list|+
-*Dennis the Fox+
-}}+
-| length12 = 5:11+
-| title13 = Ohoopee River Bottomland+
-| writer13 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Larry Jon Wilson]]+
-}}+
-| extra13 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Larry Jon Wilson]]+
-}}+
-| length13 = 3:45+
-| title14 = [[Fancy (Bobbie Gentry album)|He Made a Woman Out of Me]]+
-| writer14 = {{flat list|+
-*Don Hill+
-*[[Fred Burch]]+
-}}+
-| extra14 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Bobbie Gentry]]+
-}}+
-| length14 = 2:34+
-| title15 = Bayou Country+
-| writer15 = {{flat list|+
-*Duke Bardwell+
-*[[Trevor Veitch]]+
-}}+
-| extra15 = {{flat list|+
-*Gritz+
-}}+
-| length15 = 2:57+
-| title16 = [[Ton-Ton Macoute!|I Walk on Gilded Splinters]]+
-| writer16 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Dr. John|John Creaux]]+
-}}+
-| extra16 = {{flat list|+
-*[[Johnny Jenkins]]+
-}}+
-| length16 = 5:50+
-}}+
==Personnel== ==Personnel==
-Information adapted from liner notes. 
-;Production+===The Family===
-* Zach Cowie – [[record producer|producer]], images and archival material+*Link Wray - [[lead vocal]]s, [[guitar]]s, [[Dobro]], [[bass guitar]]
-* Matt Sullivan – producer, executive producer+*Bobby Howard - [[mandolin]], [[piano]]
-* [[Pat McCarthy (record producer)|Patrick McCarthy]] – producer, project coordinator, images and archival material+*Bill Hodges - [[piano]], [[electronic organ|organ]], [[backing vocal]]s
-* Josh Wright – executive producer+*Doug Wray - [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]], backing vocals
-* Jessica Hundley – liner notes+*Steve Verroca - drums, percussion, backing vocals
-* Jess Rotter – illustration+*Gene Johnson - backing vocals
-* [[Chunklet (magazine)|Henry Owings]] – design+ 
-* [[Chunklet (magazine)|Chunklet]] Graphic Control – design+==Production==
-* John Baldwin – remastering+*Producer: Steve Verroca and Ray Vernon, in association with Bob Feldman
-* [[Daddy Dewdrop|Dick Monda]] – images and archival material+*Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon
-* Eothen Alapatt – images and archival material+*Remixing Engineer: Chuck Irwin
-* Featherbeard – images and archival material+
-==See also== 
-*[[Harlan County (album)]] 
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Link Wray is the self-titled 1971 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist Link Wray. The music is an Americana blend of blues, country, gospel, and folk rock elements. This music is characterized by the purposeful use of simplified sounds to reflect the then-current vogue of blues and other roots music being used in many roots rock bands. Wray's guitar-work, composing, and vocals reflected modern rock influences. Despite publicity from radio stations and print media in the Washington area, the album did not do well in national sales.

The Neville Brothers later covered "Fire and Brimstone" on their album Yellow Moon, as did Nick Cave and Ralph Stanley for the soundtrack of the film Lawless. The band Calexico covered "Fallin' Rain" as bonus track on their album Feast of Wire. Karl Blau covered "Fallin' Rain" on his 2016 covers album Introducing Karl Blau

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Track listing

  1. "La De Da" (Steve Verroca) - 4:04
  2. "Take Me Home Jesus" (Verroca) - 3:21
  3. "Juke Box Mama" (Verroca) - 4:29
  4. "Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes" (Verroca) - 4:02
  5. "Fallin' Rain" (Link Wray) - 3:44
  6. "Fire and Brimstone" (Wray) - 4:21
  7. "Ice People" (Wray) - 3:03
  8. "God Out West" (Verroca) - 3:54
  9. "Crowbar" (Wray) - 4:48
  10. "Black River Swamp" (Wray) - 3:58
  11. "Tail Dragger" (Willie Dixon) - 4:32
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Personnel

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The Family

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Production

  • Producer: Steve Verroca and Ray Vernon, in association with Bob Feldman
  • Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon
  • Remixing Engineer: Chuck Irwin


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