Million Mile Club

Paladins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 4ad / Ada
• ASIN: B00000I8S2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #692,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Step

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good document of the power of the live Paladins, January 22, 2008

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Alan Hutchins (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Million Mile Club (Audio CD)

The Paladins are (were?) a meat-n-potatoes, no-frills, gutbucket trio out of San Diego. Blues, Rootsy shuffles and basic Rock are the pallette they paint from, and "Million Mile Club" is an pretty fair document of their ability to burn up small joints live all over the place.

The recordings here are usually pretty good and often demonstrate expanded solo spots allowing guitarist Dave Gonzales to stretch out and wail. Examples that turn out much better than the studio counterparts given the additional room to move are "15 Days Under The Hood" and "Let's Buzz". "Years Since Yesterday" has sort of a Stevie Ray Vaughan element to it, and here the solo gets blasted through some kind of Univibe type of petal that is slightly reminiscent of a sound Hendrix used to get. Things start getting more carried away later in the disc, with a nearly 10 minute "Goin' Down To Big Mary's" and finally, a spot of overkill with an interminable "One Step" to end things up--sorry guys, but that's just way too long to jam on one chord.

Most of the proceedings are peppy and driven, though, and Dave and the boys manage to wrench a lot of great music out of this lively set culled from various live recordings/dates/venues. It's worth the minor annoyances of the two excessively long songs to take in the sounds (if not the smells) of acutal, sweaty, gritty Paladins live gigs. If you can't be there in person, this is certainly the next best thing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paladins -- the Kings of Roots Rock, November 20, 2002

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"pmcmeans" (Encinitas, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Million Mile Club (Audio CD)

This CD captures much of the essence of a Paladins concert. Captured in different sessions of a tour done a few short years ago, it includes many of their fan favorites. The sound they produce is simply amazing, considering that the band contains only three musicians. David Gonzales, on guitar, is perhaps the leading stage performer in roots or rockabilly guitar playing today. His range and technique are simply amazing. But, rather than simply perform as a virtuoso to show off his talent, he and the band play wondrous tunes that make you want to get on your feet and boogaloo. Being live performances, the recordings on this CD contain sessions on some of the tunes where the band members drift off into fantastic jam sessions, building upon a structure of the tune with layer upon layer of sound and a richness of sound that must be heard to believe. This devoted fan considers the Paladins the best Roots Rock band on the planet.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great live version of blues-rock Paladins, July 27, 2001

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Matt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Million Mile Club (Audio CD)

I wrote a review for "Let's Buzz" that is applicable here- both albums are less rockabilly than their other stuff, and more straight-ahead blues & roots-rock, which I like. To my mind, they're the best band in this genre out there, and this live CD captures their show really well.