Customer Reviews

Truth & Salvage Co.

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What a great album, a great selection of music from these talented musicians. This album brings back summer time memories of listening to such great bands as the Eagles, Bad Company, Black Crowes and many others. Wonderful lyrics and the perfect mix of music behind it. Welcome to La is the perfect song for driving down the 101 watching the waves break on the beach. Call Back has to be the best sing along song ever.. My kids are singing it all the time.

Truth & Salvage - they don't make them like this anymore. Great music made from some of the most talented musicians you'll see live. Superb first album with harmonies and lyrics you can't get out of your head. This is a must buy for right now or even the next 25+ years because it's timeless. Track them down on their concert tour. I promise you won't be disappointed.

My wife and I first heard T&SCo. open for the Black Crowes last year and we thought they showed promise. We heard them again earlier this year with the songs from their new album in the setlist and we were blown away, as were all our friends at the show (everybody went home and ordered the album).

The difference between thousands of bar bands and a band that can make it big is songwriting, and T&SCo. definately has that. You know those songs you can't get out of your head? This album is full of them, no way you won't find yourself singing "Hail Hail" to yourself, or maybe "See Her" or "Call Back" and so on. I don't know what to call this kind of music anymore--alt.country, roots/America--whatever name it deserves the T&SCo. version is well-crafted, passionate and entertaining. Their live show is as good as this album, they understand how to pace a show and it's clear they're having fun onstage. And they can go from a country-tinged ballad dripping steel-guitar to a soaring psychedelic jam without missing a beat. The members of the band are also nice guys, happy to meet fans after a show and talk music and sign some autographs--they might call L.A. home these days but there's no "Hollywood" in them, they radiate authenticity. This album and tickets to see this terrific band live both come highly recommended.

Its great to hear this fun-loving compilation from the Truth and Salvage Company. They have truly revived the genre of Outlaw Country and they are showing no signs of slowing down. These guys are great live. I suggest: listen to the album, learn the songs, and seek out one of their shows. It will change the way you look at fun music.

I can't say enough positive things about Truth & Salvage Co.

It's the best album of 2010 -- maybe the best album in the last 10 years.

Every song is strong and flows like a great story.

Favs: Welcome To LA, 101, Pure Mountain Angel

What a great album. I hear The Outlaws, Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, The Beatles, The Allmans, Outlaw Country, and so many other influences, but this is not a throwback or a rehash. The band is totally original and honest. The songs - just one gem after another. I'm not a big fan of Chris Robinson, but his production job here is first rate. The funny thing is - while listening to this album I think to myself that if this album had come out in 1977 it would have been HUGE. Never the less it is still a great album.

I heard a few of the songs from this album on Pandora and decided to buy it. This is a good album. Its one of the few that have made the cut to stay in my cars disc changer for over 3 months. :-)

This first cd coming from these obviously, heavily seasoned and sophisticated artists is--in
2 words--hard hitting!! These six young men have been there, on the road, on the stage, and on the edge. That's what they write from, and what they sing about. Their sound is new, but at the same time Renaissance--drawing from what we have all recognized as Class music, and rocked to--and adding their own. The high rings of chords and voices, and the mellow harmonies, are obvious as they play "into each other", and for each other! This is not your usual single or double writer offering. This is four singer-songwriters, but you can bet that all six are there as they tear over the roads from gig to gig, or plop in each motel on the way. And talk about it. And write about it... The quality of writing and the playing and singing comes from interpolated talent of the "band". The quality of each sound comes from the hearing and mixing drive of producer Chris Robinson and UK guru Paul Stacy, not to leave out Angelus et al who readily recognize a major talent. The recommendation is that everybody listen, rock a bit, and pass on a new and great find.

The first four songs of the album are worth the price of admission. In fact, any one of these tracks alone would have made the album worth buying. Track 1, Hail Hail, is a catchy southern rocker with a very singable chorus and great lyrics. Track 2, Call Back, is even more catchy and a little more pop-country sounding but in a good way. You can almost hear it following the over-played Lover Lover on country radio, which would normally be a bad thing, but Truth & Salvage Co. have enough integrity to make even a radio-friednly song unique. Track 3, Welcome to LA mixes a smooth Carribean intro with a gritty roadhouse sound which is refreshingly good. Track 4, Heart Like a Wheel, would fit nicely on any of Shoort Jenning's first three albums. Track 5, See Her is a great song, but the intro and guitar breaks sound too much like Ramblin' Man by the Allman Bros. to elevate it to the level of the first four tracks. The other seven tracks are good, but not nearly as catchy or memorable as the first four. Still, overall I give the album five stars and recommend it to anyone who likes country, rock, jam, etc.

Yes, this does have a country flavor, and I'm not a country music fan. However, the sound is fresh and rock inspired. Like a mellow summer day. Great new music from a new band. Can't wait to see what they will do next.