One Foot in History [Extra tracks, Import]

Nitzinger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Buy Or Die
• ASIN: B00004SZB4
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,820 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take A Picture

2. Motherlode

3. Good Bless The Pervert

4. Earth Eater

5. Driftwood

6. Let The Living Grow

7. Cripple Gnat Bounce

8. One Foot In History

9. Uncle John

10. Texas Blues- Jelly Roll

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I bought this one before the 1st Nitzinger in 1974., August 30, 2000

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Jeffrey D. Prill (Peoria, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Foot in History (Audio CD)

One Foot In History is just a gem. At this point, Nitzinger employed Bugs Henderson as their second guitarist, though he appeared practically on every song on the first album--just remember the "Beware of Bugs" warning was referring to Bugs Henderson. I will always love this album. I've played the vinyl to the point where Cripple Gnat Bounce is beginning to skip on two occassions--and this is an original copy. But on side one,Take a Picture, Motherlode, God Bless the Pervert,and Eartheater complement each other very nicely. There's some excellent dual guitar work on all four songs. Very tight compositions which have to be blasted in order to be appreciated. Driftwood is a great song, and I believe it's placed strategically at the end of side 2 two give our eardrums a rest, but it's definitely not filler. There is no such thing as filler on a Nitzinger album. Side two opens with two great guitar duos,Let the Living Grow and The Cripple Gnat Bounce. It has you bouncing around and getting all sweaty ... By the way, Cripple Gnat Bounce was redone by Bugs Henderson and the Shuffle Kings on his Four Tens Strike Again Album back in 1996. I suggest that you look for it. And Bugs once again covered Hero of the War on his 1998 CD, Have Blues Must Rock--and I highly recommend both albums. The album winds down--if you want to call it that--with the title track, ONe Foot in History--which always gets me singin' out loud, and Uncle John--another great Southern heavy folk rocker. This is just one excellent ground breaking album which should have put Southern Rock & Roll on its ears. The songs are always in my mind some 27 years later, and this is the vinyl. I've never heard the remaster, but I say if there are bonus tracks on this album then buy it, it would be an addition to one great album.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars They were great!, June 15, 2001

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Jerry Cordero "JCA" (Trujillo Alto, PR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Foot in History (Audio CD)

Having been at Mar-Y-Sol here in Puerto Rico, I saw Nitzinger play. They played just before Cactus. The Cactus players were behind the amps totally involved in what they were hearing and seeing. At the end of the show we were asking for an encore even though we knew cactus was coming up next! This last cd by nitzinger is good, if you like Blues. But I miss the hardrock side of Nitzinger. Hope their next one will be in that vein.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good "crankin'" album, January 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: One Foot in History (Audio CD)

The bonus cut is "Texas Blues" from the 1972 Mar y Sol festival in Puerto Rico (which I also believe featured Cactus). The guitar solo is incredible, bringing to mind Grand Funk at their noisiest, most repetitive and overblown, and best.

However, the ratio of mellower to rockier is higher than on the first Nitzinger album. If there had been more songs on this album like its best ("Eartheater," a real high energy wind-up tune), this would easily have been one of the top 5 hard rock albums from 1973.

The band is great though, and John Nitzinger was (and perhaps still is) a great rock and blues songwriter.