Green Room Blues is the second and final album from Michigan band The Deluxtone Rockets. Musically the album changes the bands' direction from swing to rockabilly and winds up sounding, according to CCM magazine, something like "Johnny Cash head butting with Buddy Holly"[3] HM went further, stating that the transformation was "like comparing Britney Spears to Pedro the Lion."[4]
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| Released | March 27, 2001 | |||
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| Label | Tooth & Nail Records | |||
| Producer | Gene Eugene; Chris Colbert | |||
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| Christianity Today | (not rated) |
| Cross Rhythms | (not rated) link[2] |
| freakmusic.com | (not rated) |
| CCM Magazine | (not rated)[3] |
| HM Magazine | (not rated)[4] |
The album has a sordid production history, as two of the producers died during production, Dennis Danell and Gene Eugene. The effort was eventually completed by Chris Colbert.[4] The album is named after Gene Eugene's recording studio, The Green Room, in Huntington Beach, California. "Love Song" is a cover of the song by The Cure.
Track listing
edit- "Broken Heart"
- "Love Song"
- "Darkest Night"
- "2,000 Miles"
- "Downslide"
- "Costa Mesa"
- "Redemption"
- "Doing Time"
- "Open Road"
- "Wolftown Blues"
- "Judgement Day"
References
edit- ^ a b Anderson, Rick. "Green Room Blues Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Morrison, Giles D. (July 2001). "Deluxtone Rockets - Green Room Blues". Cross Rhythms (63).
- ^ a b McCreary, David (July 2001). "Reviews / Green Room Blues". CCM Magazine. 24 (1): 63.
- ^ a b c Bandoppler, Treble (March–April 2001). "Reviews / Green Room Blues". HM Magazine (88): 57–58.