Motivational Speaker

Alvin Youngblood Hart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tone Cool
• ASIN: B0009H97D0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Mama's Door (Might Return)

2. Motivational Speaker

3. Stomp Dance

4. In My Time of Dying

5. Lawd I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City

6. My World Is Round

7. Nobody's Fault but Mine

8. Shoot Me a Grin

9. The Worm

10. Necessary Roughness (A Power Move)

11. The Meanest Jukebox in Town

12. How Long Before I Change My Clothes

13. Shootout on I-55 [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong Guitar Rock, June 21, 2005

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L. B. Wisner "waster of time" (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motivational Speaker (Audio CD)

Alvin Youngblood Hart returns to the '70s guitar rock he stabbed at on his 2000 release "Start With the Soul." While that record was eclectic, this one is mostly filled by one bluesy, ballsy rocker after another, from the opening track through the Robin Trower-esque "Creek Stomp," the Crazy-Horse meets Govt Mule groove of "In My Time of Dying" and the ZZ-Top inspired boogie of "Shoot me a Grin." To keep things interesting, Mr. Hart throws curves with Doug Sahm's "Lawd I'm Just . . ." and Johnny Paycheck's "Meanest Jukebox." In all, a very good guitar-rock record for those of us who like that sort of thing.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alvin Youngblood Hart is your Pope of Rock N' Roll !!!, June 23, 2005

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Chiefcrowe (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motivational Speaker (Audio CD)

If you are looking for a gritty, bluesy Rock N' Roll album with a touch of honky tonk then you have found it. More electric and driving than his earlier stuff such as Big Mama's Door, this album will have you dancing at home or pushing your car past the speed limit. Highlights for me included the psychedelic "In my Time of Dying", featuring a searing solo by Audley Freed of Cry of Love and Black Crowes fame, hard riffy rocking "Motivational Speaker", rootsy rocker "My World is Round", and "Shoot me a Grin", which is Alvin in his element!! I was also pleasantly surprised at the country honk song "Meanest Jukebox in Town" which seems to almost take you back in time. The album closes with a nice ambient electric instrumental jam, which is very appropriate. If these kind of tunes are up your alley then you will definitely dig this album, which I think is among his best work!!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real Gem, July 28, 2005

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R.J.N. (Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Motivational Speaker (Audio CD)

If you like blues/rock with a touch of country here and there you will love this album. AYH is one of the best in the buisness. This guy plays a great slide guitar, right up there with the best, he can also take the slide off and totally wail.
There is not a weak song on this disc, highly recommended.