Product Description

This whiskey fueled two-man frenzy of blues-driven rock'n'roll noise straight from Fort Wayne, Indiana promise to hit you like a shock wave and show you a foot-stompin' good time. Left Lane Cruiser is comprised of Joe Evans on slide guitar and vocals with Brenn Beck on one big-ass bass drum, harmonica and a toolbox full of percussive gear. The raw blues duo of LLC have practiced through thick and thin to hone a sound unlike any other and have been together long enough to have previously released a couple of self-produced EPs. "Let your soul drive what you do" is the premise of their music, "give it all you got, and everything is an instrument: trash cans, paint trays, hubcaps, ladders, you name it." Learning their craft by playing at house parties, at the corner streets of their home town, and rehearsing in a heatless garage, they have developed their personal take on the North Mississippi Hill Country sound. They have toured relentlessly, sharing the stage with artists such as Robert Belfour, Black Diamond Heavies, Hillstomp, and Chris Cotton among others. They have also appeared at the infamous Deep Blues festival in River Falls Wisconsin in 2007. "Bring Yo' Ass To The Table" is the culmination of everything these boys have experienced as a band during the four years of their existence, it's "greasy hot, shaved dry, and crazier than your smokin' methed-up ex-girlfriend who keeps singin' ÔDown By The River I Shot My Baby' thru a two-dollar pawn shop mic she jerry-rigged thru that ol' gunshot black & white TV in the backyard and dedicating it to you with love m*therf*cker" to quote Deep Blues guru Rick Saunders.

Track Listing

1. Wash It
2. Set Me Down
3. Pork n' Beans
4. KFD
5. Justify
6. G Bob
7. Big Momma
8. Busket
9. Amerika
10. Amy's In the Kitchen
11. Mr. Johnson
12. Heavy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126100 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .12 pounds

Customer Reviews

Simply Stunning
I own over 1200 CDs and this CD has the distinction of being the only album in my CD player for the last week and a half. Instead of stringing together a series of impressive adjectives for this album, let me simply sum up its amazingness in two words - awesome and rockin'!

The tunes are all head bobbers, the band has a distinctive gravely rock and blues sound, and all of the tracks are different enough that they all sound distinct. The TWO!!! band members will make you question why traditional bands have 4 or 5 members when their sound is so full and heavy with only two instruments being played.

This CD is as fresh as to me as when I heard my first Black Keys album. Do yourself and the rest of the world a favor and order this album!!!

Southern Blues Rock at its Finest
This can be kept very simple.
Do you like gritty, heartfelt blues?
Do you like dynamic slide guitar?
Do you like inventive percussion?
Do you like whiskey-ragged vocals?
Then buy this album.
In fact, buy five.