North of Bakersfield

Ruby Dee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dionysus Records
• ASIN: B000FWHW4K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,861 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Seattle's Ruby Dee & the Snake Handlers offers up sweet alt-country Americana-Rockabilly a la Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, the Derailers & X. The band has made a name for themselves in their Pacific Northwest home as a group that delivers as soon as the lights go down. Produced by Conrad Uno, their debut full-length CD "North Of Bakersfield" will blast out of your hi-fi player like a lit bottle rocket!

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rockin', honky-tonkin' music, August 11, 2007

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Waiting to die (Central California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: North of Bakersfield (Audio CD)

A few clicks on a cymbol and somebody says "We're Rolling." And for 12 tracks that's exactly what Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers do. Think rock 'n' roll (not "rock"), honky tonk, hard country. This has the energy of the Blasters, but unlike the Blasters, it isn't so over-produced as to have the blood drained out of it. Ruby Dee channels Wanda Jackson, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee and Rose Maddox. Songs of love, heartbreak and survival. This excellent band serves up their own mix of Marshal Crenshaw (who, you ask?), the Blasters, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and a little bit of Marty Robbins' horn section. They deserve a better review than I can write for them, but I hate to see this album go without somebody telling you how good it is. Be prepared to clear the livingroom floor for dancing. I would love to see them open for Chris Isaak or John Fogerty. That would be a great night!