Swampdawamp – Rock This Country
Big Penny Entertainment
www.swampdawamp.com
Rating: B
Swampdawamp
has been hanging around the past several years making a name for
themselves, building momentum and honing their songwriting
skills. The hard work has paid off as their latest release,
Rock This Country, is a very cohesive album of southern
fried rock that will leave the listener hitting play again and
turning the volume up a little bit louder.
The band is
built around the songwriting talents of Gig Michaels, a burly
vocalist who is equal parts Danny Joe Brown and Travis Tritt. A
true southern rocker, Gig is doing his best to keep the genre of
music he loves alive and well.
The band
may be better off marketing their music to country stations
these days as Southern Rock seem to be the odd man out, even on
classic rock radio. It is a shame that this kind of music has a
hard time getting on the airwaves as Southern Rock is 100%
American music and, live, there is still a large audience.
Swamp
proves the have matured, musically, with several tracks that are
good old-fashioned whompers! “American Man” is an anthem that
would make Ted Nugent proud while “Daddy Said” is a heartfelt
tune that would make Lynyrd Skynyrd sit up and pay attention.
Every song is well crafted and polished. The albums closer,
“Stoned,” is bound to be a live favorite as is the title track
and “Shame.”
Gig and
Company may have just done it on this one. They are proving
they are worthy of success and they are working hard to bring it
their way. The only thing missing is the fact that all of the
songs are between two and three minutes long. Next time they
need to hit us up with a few seven-minute rockers with huge
guitar solos, then we will now fer-sure that Southern Rock is
still kicking.
By Jeb
Wright
