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The V-Roys - All About Town Audio CD

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The V-Roys Band: The V-Roys
Title: All About Town
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Release Date: 1998-10-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Window Song 2: Mary 3: Amy 88 4: Arianne 5: Strange 6: Hold on to Me 7: Miss Operator 8: Testify 9: Sorry Sue 10: Over the Mountain 11: Virginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown 12: Fade Away

The Best Mistake I Have Ever Made
I purchased the so-called Golden Smog album and not one tune was familiar. The first time I heard this album, I was told it was the band Golden Smog. After months of researching, I finally found out that it was the V-Roys. I bought the album immediately and it has been a regular in and out of the car ever since. Imagine The Replacements as a country band and you can get a smidget of a taste of what the V-Roys are about. I am extremely lucky to have seen them perform live before they broke up. The scene was perfect. . . small bar. . . loud music. . . and a Replacements cover. I highly recommend this album and everything else by them.


Another sadly overlooked classic
There are so many great albums that go out of print and so many awesome artists that lose their record contracts. Being a fan of "Alternative Country" music can be depressing (no pun intended to the magazine). The V-Roys's "All About Town," is yet another first rate musical effort that has been buried by the indifference of record buyers who only seem interested in the next Garth Brooks or Shania Twain offering.

"All About Town" features a variety of sounds, from Beatles-esque rock to rockabilly to country to folk to even a touch of Bluegrass. They can sign lighthearted songs about girls ("Mary," "Amy 88", "Arianne" and "Sorry Sue") good rocking tunes ("The Window Song," "She's Strange") and even give you a good old fashioned history lesson ("Virginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown"). Why talented artists such as this have such a hard time finding a larger audince is beyond me. Nevertheless, "All About Town" is a keeper.


A refreshing cocktail of American musical forms
Obviously these guys are kindred spirits with producer/mentor Steve Earle, whose own albums show the same reckless disregard for musical bondries. If you took Southern rock, alt country, a little alternative rock, a little bluegrass and poured them into a cocktail shaker, then shook vigorously for a few minutes and poured the whole thing into a highball, when you lifted the glass to your lips, you'd be about to drink down the V-Roys. From the loud, grundgy guitars that open "The Window Song" to the alt country twang of "Virginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown," this album rocks its way across genres. Although we have one more album on the way from these guys, they have officially split up, so this probably is the bands greatest moment on record. The songs are all solid, and the album's diversity from track to track is surprising and refreshing.


Simple southern rock that sounds great
I have seen them 6 times and they are incredible live. It is too bad that the V-roys split up in the fall of '99. This CD is their second effort and it is a bit more refined than their first (Just add ice). The songs are catchy, with a great southern rock sound that retains a simplicity that makes it unique and energenic. It is really a good CD, worth buying.


a little bit country, a little bit rock&roll
But an audience they certainly deserve. This is a fabulous album -- one I am surprised hasn't been reviewed yet! Although I have a few guesses as to why they have not been reviewed here yet -- first of all, they defy catagorization, so I'm sure it's hard for them to find an audience. The V-roys have a unique and flexible sound, encompassing everything from hard guitar rock/pop to pure bluegrass. It is a mix impossible to describe other than to praise. This band bends and twists in all kinds of ways, keeping listeners on their toes and never letting a particular sound or genre get stale or mundane. They are afraid neither to let their hair down and rock and roll nor to run off a blistering bluegrass number. If you appreciate more than one style of music and the blending of purely American music styles, you should check out the V-roys. A great, exciting, diverse album!.


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