A-Town Blues

Wayne Hancock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bloodshot
• ASIN: B00005NTPF
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #963,910 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A-Town Blues

2. Man Of The Road

3. Sands Of Time

4. Miller, Jack & Mad Dog

5. Track 49

6. Life's Lonesome Road

7. Cow Cow Boogie

8. Route 23

9. Happy Birthday Julie

10. California Blues

11. Every Time

12. Viper

13. We Three

14. Railroad Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy addition to the Hancock canon., September 26, 2001

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L. Barden "larsky" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A-Town Blues (Audio CD)

Wayne the Train continues his association with renowned producer/steel player Lloyd Maines, and the music world is the better for it. Wayne swings, jumps, rocks (yes!), yodels, and croons, and makes it sound effortless. Like his other records, this one was recorded live in the studio, and one can appreciate not only the energy this brings but also the pure musicianship of Hancock and his band. There isn't a weak track on this record. An added treat is the final track, "Railroad Blues," a seemingly last-minute addition-an acoustic duet of Hancock and Maines. Wayne's voice is rougher than usual, perhaps because this was recorded at the end of a long (by Hancock standards) studio session. A perfect way to close a damn-near perfect set of swinging Texas music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars plain and straight, circa 1951, November 17, 2001

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Jerome Clark (Canby, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A-Town Blues (Audio CD)

A CD focused largely on a musician's life on the road doesn't strike me as a particularly inspired idea. Wayne Hancock, however, manages to pull it off, through a combination of sheer likability, capable songwriting, and a few songs on other subjects. The last category includes "Sands of Time," which sounds not just like a tune Hank Williams could have written but like one he's actually singing. It's surely one of the most dead-on, scary Hank imitations of all time. With an approach that derives both strength and weakness from its affinity to Hank, Hancock's is a musical sensibility stuck in 1951, when people still talked about "hot rods" (as in "Miller, Jack & Mad Dog," a commentary on the hazards of drunk driving circa, I take it, five decades ago). I'm not complaining, mind you. Hancock is comfortable and convincing, and if you like your honkytonk and Western swing plain and straight -- and I certainly do -- here it is.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The old Train is back!, September 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: A-Town Blues (Audio CD)

This is Hancock's best work since his debut, Thunderstorms and Neon Signs, and has that album's sound and feel. He has gone back to a pared-down band -- thankfully dumping the drums, which he introduced on the last two CDs. Compared to Thunderstorms, those two albums were a bit of a disapointment. Don't get me wrong, there are some real gems on both albums, but they are not as consistently solid as Thunderstorms. With A-Town Blues, the old Train is back and better then ever.