White Knuckles

The Bacon Brothers

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Forosoco Records
• ASIN: B000BGH28Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,130 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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... a little rustic Tex Mex ... mellow Country-Folk. Warm acoustic guitars intertwine ... symphonious far-off vocal harmonies ...

Product Description
CD includes 2 bonus tracks not available anywhere else. They will not be available for digital download.

National Drive Time on-air appearances on AC & Triple A comm. radio: WPLJ (NY), WWMX (Baltimore), WRNR (Annapolis, MD) and many more.

OCTOBER • 7 Bancroft Benefit - Bancroft, NJ • 13 Belly Up Tavern - Solana Bch, CA • 14 Make-a-Wish Foundation Benefit - Thousand Oaks, CA • 15 Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA • 28 B.B. Kings (two shows) - New York, NY NOVEMBER • 17 Tampa Bay Perf. Arts Center - Tampa, FL • 18 Van Wezel PAC - Sarasota, FL • 19 Lyric Theater - Stuart, FL DECEMBER • 2 North Quest Casino - Spokane, WA • 3 Vashon Is. Benefit - Seattle, WA FEBRUARY 2006 • 18 Ridgefield Playhouse - Ridgefield, CT MARCH 2006 • 16 Queens Theater in the Park - Flushing, NY

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, November 1, 2005

By	Randall Richmond (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Talk about a quantum leap! The Bacon Brothers have been a decent band from their first album forward, but this new one is at a different level from the others. Yes, there are distinct influences of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, James Taylor, and even Donovan, but this band has proven that they are now in the same league with those acts, (well maybe not the Beatles)- and they prove it with every song on the disc. This is not just Michael and Kevin - this is a complete unit who have jelled into one of the best bands recording this type of music. More rock and roll than their previous albums - and oh so good. Too bad they will not get taken seriously. My Guess is that the critics won't give this band the credit it deserves because they can never get past the fact that a movie star is in the band. Too bad. Buy the album anyway.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Contemporary folk/rock at its best!, March 25, 2006

By	DanD - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I discovered the Bacon Brothers recently, through their debut album FOROSOCO. Having immensely enjoyed that particular record, I was slightly disappointed--at first--by the sleeker production of WHITE KNUCKLES. After a while, though--say, when "Unhappy Birthday" kicks into overdrive--I realized that change isn't always a bad thing...in fact, sometimes it's pretty darn good.

This is an album that will make you think. Whether it's the bitter irony of "What Am I Gonna Do Now," "Good News," and "Playboy," or the healing of "Unhappy Birthday," or the heartbreak of "Tuesday" and "Hasn't Got a Heart," or the yearning of "Get Away With It" and "Peace Dance," or...hell, you get the idea. WHITE KNUCKLES is a stellar record by two talented musicians--Kevin and Michael Bacon have forged some great records and some incredible songs, and this album stands as testimony that there is still hope out there for rock 'n roll.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait!, November 26, 2005

By	M. Locke "molocke2000" (NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been a huge fan since the Can't Complain CD came out. I had heard them on Howard Stern and ever since then I have bought every CD they had made, including their live DVD. I have seen them in concert 4 times and during the last 3 times I had seen them over the course of 2 and a half years they played some of the songs from this CD. Songs like Tuesday, Unhappy Birthday, and especially Peace Dance I couldn't wait to have them in my collection. It felt like forever until they announced the release of White Knuckles for download so I downloaded it and it was worth the wait. Although I wished I had waited for the hard copy CD because there are 2 extra songs on the later version that are not available to download so I would have to buy an entire CD just for 2 songs. Peace Dance is my favorite of the CD, with a great beat. Tuesday is a sad song that incorporates Michael's chello in a way that the cello seems to be having a conversation with the lead guitar at the end of the song. Unhappy Birthday is also a meloncholy song about 9/11 that has a 60's sound to it. Other great upbeat songs are Good News, Write a Song, and What Am I Gonna Do?

The entire CD is great and I strongly recommend the hard copy, not the download version. Buy it today!