Mudcrutch (CD)

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Mudcrutch (CD)

Mudcruth (Artist)

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Track Listing
  • DISC 1 for Mudcrutch (CD) Album
  • 1   Shady Grove
  • 2   Scare Easy
  • 3   Orphan Of The Storm
  • 4   Six Days On The Road
  • 5   Crystal River
  • 6   Oh Maria
  • 7   This Is A Good Street
  • 8   Wrong Thing To Do, The
  • 9   Queen Of The Go-Go Girls
  • 10   June Apple
  • 11   Lover Of The Bayou
  • 12   Topanga Cowgirl
  • 13   Bootleg Flyer
  • 14   House Of Stone

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "MUDCRUTCH has more jammy, expansive guitar work than any Petty record ever....The songs are mythic Americana: With help from his bandmates, Petty creates a vivid cast of road dogs, strippers and junkies that conjures Gram Parsons' Bible-haunted Southerners..."

Title Note

Mudcrutch: Tom Leadon (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Benmont Tench (vocals, piano, keyboards); Tom Petty (vocals, bass guitar, background vocals); Mike Campbell (guitar, mandolin); Randall Marsh (drums).

Recording information: The Clubhouse, Los Angeles, CA.

In the early-to-mid 1970s, Tom Petty's band Mudcrutch was one of the biggest things in Gainesville, Florida, but when they went to L.A. to make it big, only about half the group survived the transformation to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Three decades later, Petty decided to go back to his roots by re-forming Mudcrutch for a long-overdue debut album, along with Heartbreakers/former Mudcrutchers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell and long-lost cohorts Tom Leadon (brother of former Eagle Bernie) and Randall Marsh.

Petty spontaneously banged out a batch of new tunes for the album, but the band stays true to the original Mudcrutch template of country-tinged roots rock, even attacking a couple of old cover tunes from the Mudcrutch setlist ("Six Days on the Road," "Shady Grove"). Whether it's the reconnection with his youth, the off-the-cuff working methods, or just a change of pace, Petty wound up turning out his most consistently rewarding album since the '80s.


Editorial Reviews
TOWER.COM REVIEW

Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch

Almost 40 years ago, back in the early 1970s, Mudcrutch was derived from Tom Petty’s first band, The Sundowners. This ‘new’ band was composed of Tom Petty (bass and vocals), Tom Leadon (guitar and vocals), Randall Marsh (drums) and Mike Campbell (guitar). At the time, Mudcrutch served as the house band at Dub's Diner in its hometown of Gainesville, Florida. Unfortunately, the band dissolved in 1975 having not seen much success.

Fast-forward to August 2007, add keyboardist Benmont Tench, and you’ve got the modern day version of Mudcrutch, finally, reunited once again.

Their April 29th, 2008 self-titled release marks the band’s first studio album on the Reprise Records label. With 14 new and old tracks, Mudcrutch defines the term ‘complete album’.

Influences of folklore, rock and roll, country, and bluegrass can clearly be heard throughout the entire album. Petty and the band slip seamlessly between tracks and juxtapose upbeat (“Six Days on the Road”) and mellow (“Crystal River”) songs effortlessly.

Mudcrutch sounds like an album created amongst good, old friends; an idea that permeates through the music and the overall quality of the album.

"We would play and then we would just talk about the old days" - Tom Leadon

Quote from liner notes:

Drums, wires, old friends etc.
Recorded live, vocals, harmony, everything
Arrangements done on studio floor
Made in 10 days, no headphones
Los Angeles in August ‘07
A lot of love
Enjoy


Favorite Songs: “Scare Easy”, “Shady Grove” and “Lover of the Bayou

-Thom, Tower Pulse 04/30/2008



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5 out of 5 stars Whats old is new..., April 22, 2008
By Eric
Tom Petty has reunited the band he first played with in the 1970s. Catch a glimpse of their video “Lover of The Bayou" on the Mudcrutch official site! These guys are awesome, even with graying hair!



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