The Neville Brothers
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| - | '''''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. | + | '''The Neville Brothers''' is an [[United States|American]] [[rhythm and blues|R&B]]/[[soul music|soul]]/[[funk]] group, formed in 1977 in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. |
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| - | Some tracks from this album later surfaced on the compilation ''Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years'', and it was included in its entirety on 2CDs compilation ''Wray's Three Track Shack'' (Acadia/Evangeline Recorded Works Ltd./Universal Music, 2005) along with other "shack" recordings of '71 ''[[Beans and Fatback]]'' and ''[[Mordicai Jones]]''. | + | |
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| - | [[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== | + | |
| - | #"La De Da" (Steve Verroca) - 4:04 | + | |
| - | #"Take Me Home Jesus" (Verroca) - 3:21 | + | |
| - | #"Juke Box Mama" (Verroca) - 4:29 | + | |
| - | #"Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes" (Verroca) - 4:02 | + | |
| - | #"Fallin' Rain" (Link Wray) - 3:44 | + | |
| - | #"Fire and Brimstone" (Wray) - 4:21 | + | |
| - | #"Ice People" (Wray) - 3:03 | + | |
| - | #"God Out West" (Verroca) - 3:54 | + | |
| - | #"Crowbar" (Wray) - 4:48 | + | |
| - | #"Black River Swamp" (Wray) - 3:58 | + | |
| - | #"Tail Dragger" ([[Willie Dixon]]) - 4:32 | + | |
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| - | ==Personnel== | + | |
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| - | ===The Family=== | + | |
| - | *Link Wray - [[lead vocal]]s, [[guitar]]s, [[Dobro]], [[bass guitar]] | + | |
| - | *Bobby Howard - [[mandolin]], [[piano]] | + | |
| - | *Bill Hodges - [[piano]], [[electronic organ|organ]], [[backing vocal]]s | + | |
| - | *Doug Wray - [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]], backing vocals | + | |
| - | *Steve Verroca - drums, percussion, backing vocals | + | |
| - | *Gene Johnson - backing vocals | + | |
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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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The Neville Brothers is an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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