Hard Times in the Land of Plenty

Omar & The Howlers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Austin Records
• ASIN: B000062R9W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard Times in the Land of Plenty

2. Dancing in the Canebrake

3. Border Girl

4. Mississippi Hoo Doo Man

5. Don't Rock Me the Wrong Way

6. Same Old Grind

7. Don't You Know

8. You Ain't Foolin' Nobody

9. Shadow Man

10. Lee Anne

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Our first introduction to Omar, May 15, 2005

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R. Smith "rscrabb" (Viola, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Times in the Land of Plenty (Audio CD)

Hard Times is Omar's first major label release for Columbia and he probaly got signed on due to a certain somebody named Stevie Ray Vaughn. The title track got some airplay on MTV (back when MTV actually showed videos and not second rate garbage as Blink 182's Drummer and Wife) which got me interested to buy this album. The album is chock full of some of that Louisana via Texas hoodoo blues and rock with highlights such as the Howling Wolf soundalike, Don't You Know That I Love You, Creedence type of rock such as Shadow Man, and You Ain't Fooling Nobody and tex mex sounding Don't You Rock Me The Wrong Way. Double Trouble keyboardist Reese Wynans helps out as well. Tastefully recorded, it's one of the undiscovered gems of the 80s. Grade B+

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Raw Texas Blues, November 15, 2005

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Snotter (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Times in the Land of Plenty (Audio CD)

Bought this "CD" on cassette tape when it originally released.
I'm happy to see it's now on CD. Nice original songwriting with coarse, butt kicking delivery. Fans of SRV would probably like this. Give it a listen.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars howl omar, howl, April 6, 2008

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W. Landis (des moines, iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Times in the Land of Plenty (Audio CD)

good cd. omar's deep growling voice, the rough edge to the delta-meets-texas blues, some hard driving songs. they have their mojo working on this disc.