Blue-collar throwbacks to the guys who slaved in the mills and pits all day and then threw back shots all night. They’re characters in Springsteen songs.
There’s a place where the generations still come together on July fourth just to see who can decorate the best goddamned bicycle and teach the most about sin.
With over 60 songs, all your favorites are probably here (in at least one form or another), and the 40 page booklet is sure to give you plenty of reference.
Throw Zeppelin, “Come Together” Beatles drug haze, ZZ Top, and every bastardized form of roaring rock, boogie, sludge, and blues into a swamp and let it fester.
The disco strings, funk riffs, and a good deal of the “Number one blues singer in the country” cheerleader-speak that colored 1994’s Orange are absent.
I hate calling punk songs pretty, but sometimes Good Riddance comes close, and “A Credit to His Gender,” featuring Cinder Block (Tilt), is a perfect example.