Customer Reviews

Wear N Tear

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I agree, if you are into soulful music like Allman Bros. or Govt. Mule you can't go wrong with this terrific band. The nostalgy of the 70's is present everywhere. Great musicianship, awesome compositions, excellent interplay and a very good production. What else can you ask for?

"Wear N'Tear" is one of the biggest records of 2005. Fans of Widespread Panic and Gov'T Mule have another great band. This album sounds more southern than "Tishamingo" with pearls like "Wastin'Time", "Hillbilly Wine", Skynyrd's "Poison Whiskey" and "Billy". Joyfull instrumentals like "Rome" and the contry rock "Willin To Die/Legend Of George Nelson" make this record one of the most especial things of this year. Southern rock and jam band fans has in Tishamingo one of the greatest bands in this century.

All are great artists. It's hard to come by these days people who have the ability to write GOOD music. Not the crap you hear on the radio. I love their style and the slide guitarist is bursting with talent. Having been in the music industry for decades, I give these fellows five stars for well written music and true talent.

Having read an article about this band recently in Guitar Player magazine in which one of the guitarists was compared to Derek Trucks, and that the band was like an "Allman Bros" band for the new millenium, I figured that was all I needed to convince me to buy.

My mistake. Now, that's not to say that these boys aren't good players. They are. Everyone in the band is proficient on their instruments, and the lead singer has a strong voice.

But, the songs are pretty weak - both lyrically and melodically, and there's no one in the band who stands out as a "world class" player. to compare their slide player to Derek Trucks was doing Derek a great disservice! that's not to say that the guy can't play - he can. But there's no originality in his style, and certainly none of the fire that Trucks is famous for.

Same goes for the rest of the band. Everyone's decent - just no stand outs.

This one will go on Ebay.