Customer Reviews

Brand New Bag

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This is my favorite, crank-it-up and bang-around-the-house CD. It's excellent from beginning to end. It's absolutely a mix between Janis Joplin and Black Crowes and it works!

HOW CAN A BAND PUT OUT SUCH COOL CD BUT NEVER BE HEARD FROM.I STUMBLED UPON THIS BAND WHEN THEY WERE ON THE DANNY BONODUCE SHOW AT WLUP FM98.I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM,OR WHERE THEY ARE FROM.ANY INFO LET ME KNOW.THIS CD IS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.MUST BUY!

Janis joplin is the mother. and black crowes is the father of mother station ,,,, ueah!

The familiar psychedelic wah-tones fade in betwixt dual -feminine vocals that always leave me asking "This is Alternative from the 90's?" Originally recorded at Beale Studios in Memphis, TN and released in 1994 on EastWest (Atlantic) Records, the group enjoyed a brief run on MTV with "Put The Blame On Me", the title track for the album. With forcefulness and southern soul Gwin Spencer and Susan Dunn's vocals dance arpeggios around each other in perfect interplay. Between the Hammond Organ and the few downtempo shuffle tunes, the album is a polished and upbeat record. Popular music in 1994 began to shun the throwback Rock bands in favor of simpler music, which would explain their fade from the charts. The jugular guitars and flute solo made me think briefly of Canned Heat, who is a poignant influence on "Brand New Bag" along with James Brown, and Janis Joplin. Check your pulse if you're not screaming along to the tunes after the first run-through. All content copyright www.maximumink.com.

We borrowed this CD from a local guitarist friend and it should carry a warning! It literally tore our system down. I'm behind the times considering it was released in '94 but if this band still rocks like this I gotta find 'em, although all attempts drew blank so far. The songs here are strong and wonderfully performed. Janis Joplin must be an influence on the vocalist and the energy of it all leaps out.To do justice to this album there really should be more stars and the band must be one of the USA's best kept secrets. Where are they now?

This CD is incredible -- everyone here is exactly right, if you're in the mood for crank it up rocking, this is the CD. Vocals are a little softer than Janis (maybe half as much whiskey and cigarettes), and this absolutely smokes. I got it from a friend recently and haven't stopped listening yet. It rocks, there's some acoustic slide blues, there's some djangly pop, this is one of the best CDs I've ever heard.