BAKER DECOCQ AND FRIENDS - SELF TITLE (USA '82 COUNTRY ROCK)

 Baker DeCocq "...And Friends" (Mountain Music Company, 1982) (LP)

The Michigan-based duo of Bob DeCocq and Marshell Baker led this small band for about a few years i the early '80s, breaking up around 1984-85... DeCocq had previously been in rootsy groups such as the Houston, Texas's Shake Russell Band, the Country Line Band, and the TNS Blues Band, in the early '70s. Alas, this mostly rings false as "country" material, with more of a tepid, trying-to-sound-slick bar-band rock sound, too much blues, not enough twang, with fairly iffy vocals and lots of gratuitous, tinny electric guitar riffs swirling all over the place. A lot of the twang elements seems a bit forced or exaggerated to me... Worth a spin, I suppose, but not much here that wows me. Oh, well.

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LUCKY PIERRE - You Got to Go Low to Get Low (USA '79 Hard Country Rock)

 You Got to Go Low to Get Low is a 1979 album by American rock band Lucky Pierre, known for blending country rock, blues, and hard rock in a style that reflects the grit and soul of late ‘70s rock music. Released under the First American label, this album showcases Lucky Pierre’s versatility and knack for storytelling through songs that mix raw emotion with energetic instrumentation. The album remains a hidden gem for fans of classic rock, capturing a unique fusion of influences from Southern rock, blues, and even a touch of honky-tonk

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COUNTRY LEGEND BAND - DEADLINES (USA '81 COUNTRY ROCK)

 The Country Legend Band "Deadlines" (Blue Ash Records, 1981) (LP)

(Produced by Bob Lowe)

Not a lot of info on these guys... The group included John Dalyrimple (lead guitar, keyboards), Steve Quinn (guitars), Tim Quinn (bass), and Mike Tolliver on percussion... They were from a cluster of small towns east of Columbus, Ohio -- Crooksville, Roseville and Somerset -- though the sessions were recorded in town at Kingsmill Studios. Though they had the rural-sounding band name and wore big, old cowboy hats and 'Seventies-style fringe jackets, apparently the band later mostly played classic rock at their live gigs.

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THE DAISY DILLMAN BAND - Daisy Dillman Band (USA '78 SOUTHERN COUNTRY ROCK)

 The Daisy Dillman Band "The Daisy Dillman Band" (United Artists, 1978) (LP)

(Produced by John Pete)

An exemplary hippie twang album by one of the handful of regional DIY bands to score a nationwide, major label contract in the late '70s. Formed in 1976, this Minnesota-based band named jokingly themselves after their bassist's great-grandmother, Daisy Ellen Dillman -- the name stuck and they built up a solid regional following which led to this album, as well as various gigs opening for folks such as Jerry Jeff Walker, Asleep At The Wheel and The Amazing Rhythm Aces (who all get shout-outs on the liner notes...) This album is a very strong recording, blending Poco-delic longhair twang with Marshall Tucker-esque Southern-pop, made even more impressive for the wealth of original material and the fact that the band really played all the music itself -- no Nashville superpickers called into the studio for this one! I remember hearing these guys, or at least hearing their name a lot, on the late, lamented, legendary KFAT radio station in the late '70s, though listening back to the album, I have to say none of the tracks stand out as "the hit" -- some of those KFAT classics stick with you, but I guess some don't. Still, it's a pretty solid record, and if you're looking into '70s longhair country and Southern rock, you don't want to miss this one!

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VERNON WRAY - WASTED (USA '72 COUNTRY FOLK ROCK)

 Vernon Wray "Wasted" (Vermillion Records, 1972) (LP)

A stunning ultra-indie release from Vernon Wray (1924-1979) the older brother of rock guitar pioneer Link Wray. In the early 1970s Vernon Wray dropped out for a while and moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he recorded and self-released two intense and deeply personal albums. The first record, Wasted, was originally only pressed in a few hundred copies, which he sold at local gigs. It's a remarkable album, and a real find for hardcore fans of hippie-era country, with Wray (backed by his brothers) churning through mournful, contemplative, moody folk and tough, rugged country gems -- it's a real outsider-art album, and a compelling, cohesive statement by an artist with a truly singular vision. There's little of the brash, post-rockabilly proto-grunge of the Wraymen recordings, though the same level of intensity is there, just in a seemingly quieter mode. Highly recommended

                                                  MEDIUM PRESSING REE

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COLDWATER ARMY - PEACE (USA '71 HARD PSYCH BLUES ROCK

                                                         IN DEMAND

Tennessee band COLDWATER ARMY was 1 of the bands before STILLWATER. 2 of the members (Bobby Golden and Bob Spearman) later founded the Southern Rock Band STILLWATER. 

Peace (released in 1971) is a mix for Flower Power sound, Psych, Hard Rock. Southern Rock came later.

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THE WRAY BROTHERS BAND - COWBOYS SANGERS (USA '81 COUNTRY ROCK)

The Wray Brothers Band "Cowboy Sangers" (CIS Northwest Records, 1982) (LP)

(Produced by Larry Messick & Dave Mathew)

This album is notable as the launching pad for the career of 1990s Top Forty star Collin Raye, an Arkansas native whose birth name was Floyd Elliot Wray. He was going by the name Bubba Wray at the time, and had apparently moved to Portland, Oregon with his brother Scott, who he performed with up until the decade's end. Though they started out as indie artists, the Wrays also took a fling at Nashville, recording a few singles for Mercury Records in the late '80s. This early album looks super-twangy and ultra-indie, but it's mostly pretty slick sounding, with a heavy debt towards the Eagles/ They do make a few nods at Asleep At The Wheel-style western swing and Johnny Cash-ish hillbilly twang (on the album's one cover song, a version of Jimmie Skinner's "Doin' My Time") but the smooth sound Raye would excel at a decade later is readily detected on this disc. The album's many originals include "Briars In Her Britches," "Country Sangers," "Country By-God Music," with Scott Wray being the main songwriter. It's country (poppy country) with a few goofy instruments in the mix -- Moog, synths, orchestra bells, woodblocks -- as well as a banjo and pedal steel, but it's also a solid album, a cut above most records made at this level. No surprise that Collin Raye made it big in Nashville, though one wonders why the brothers didn't make it as a duo.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/38lmrs29ipz7gz6/Wray+Brothers+Band+(the)+-+Cowboy+Sangers+(Usa+'81+Country+Rock).rar/file