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Satchel is a conglomeration of all the best things in music, crammed into one brilliant project that has a life of it's own. The songs go from hard rocking psychedelia (Mr. Brown, Mr. Pink, Equilibrium) to reserved, emotional piano ballads (Trouble Come Down, Suffering). This CD has a whole feel to it, just a bunch of guys getting together and rocking out without limitations or expectations. The notebook has a segment on why weed should be legalized, and you can see that some of the band were on the wacky weed when they made some of the songs on this CD like the hauntingly beautiful Hollywood. Willow is another highlight, it's a meloncholy spacey guitar song, something Satchel never came back to on The Family, which is a much more piano infused record. At this point I should say I'm a big fan of Shawn Smith, his solo work, Brad, and Pigeonhed. The best experience on this album rightfully comes at the end with the start of The Roof Almighty, this track only last for under 2 minutes or so and leaves you wanting more, but then you get nailed with Suffering, which is the best song Shawn Smith has ever been involved in, one of my top five favorite songs easily (coming from a guy with almost 400 cds, that means something). I can say nothing else but get this one, it's the perfect record to play on a rainy day, or when you need some time to think. You will not regret making the journey into EDC. Thanks for reading.

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From the first instant, I became a fan, This is no ordinary band. Not grunge, I would call it Jazz infused rock with lots of soul. Shawns voice haunts and touches the listener in ways other artists only dream of . They only get better too, I own all of thier albums ( including the Brad albums too) and eagerly await more.

Working in a record Store in 1995 we received a lot of promos on a daily basis and the owner allowed me to take them all home. The first time I gave this a spin I was like WOAH!!! there's something about this that has my full attention. This material is not Grunge, Funk, Hard Rock, Trash Jazz, Ballads etc.. it's all that combined and more and perfected like a fine piece of art. Shawn Smith's vocal style changes throughout this disc from soulful to powerful on "Taste It" and a little funky on the Hip Hopish/Ballad "Trouble Comes Down" in a style that reminds me of the late Marvin Gaye and then we have "More Ways Than 3" which has a Grunge/Psychedelic sound and then the first stand out for me "Hollywood" that has a slow, sad, haunting creepy sound about the "Darkside of Hollywood" and I swear Shawn's vocal style on this one reminds me of the late Andrew Wood. "O" switches to a funky jazz style. and then there's "Mr. Pink" one of my favorite tracks on this disc that is always turned up LOUD when in rotation. The others tracks on this disc with the exception of the last "Suffering" are really "Filler" of Funk/Metal/Soul for me however still very enjoyable.

Recently when I went to replace my worn out copy I was surprised to find how difficult it was to find another CD and especially a new one. This album is very underrated in my opinion, and one I consider a 'Classic" in my large collection and full of variety. I would love to see a deluxe edition one day.

I never understood the "Reservoir Dogs" connection though???

satchel seemed deeply swayed by the current state of the seattle grunge scene when they recorded this. here's a band with great sensual soul driven music caught in the unavoidable hype of post nirvana grunge. sadly, they gave into the grunge a little on this album and the result was something forced and unnatural.

Fortunately, they took their strongest, most distinctive song on EDC (Suffering) and built off it on their follow up, THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY is a far more defined album and captures a better look at what Satchel has to offer.

Satchel is not very well known. This album came out in 1995, and he has recorded only two albums total. What I love about this album and this artist is that it doesn't just follow the main trend pop culture, like Britney Spears, N'Sync, etc. Moreover, Satchel's music is very powerful and emotionally engaging. Especially I love the lyrics. You will not regret purchasing this CD. Go for it.

music fan from texas.. im not gunna say anything about the album .. i think.. as i listen to the clips its alright, but i just want you to get something straight members of this band were involved in grunge and its ok for them to be labeled grunge if this was grunge (although i say its fussions of jazz rock and soul or something in that area). Nothing would have been forced if this album was considered grunge they were around when it began.. they, im sure helped shape it. grunge wasnt nirvana only and nirvana wasnt entirely grunge, they were a morphed form of grunge if you wanna call it just like this would be .. grunge was more or less seattle bands playing at the satyricon.. with a bluesy rock or blues metal kinda sound that turned into a big thing. of course not everyones gunna sound the same. pearl jam was different than nirvana and nirvana was different than mother love bone, and they were both different than alice in chains or sound garden and stone temple pilots and their former band Mighty joe young Malfunkshun didnt sound like stone temple pilots either. ... whatever though its ok