Ahh Capricorn Records, everyone’s favourite Southern Rock label. Just about every one involved with the genre has passed through their doors at some point. I am attracted to most bands on this label, as guitars were always high on the list of priorities for them. So when I found this in a sale bin and saw the label, I took a punt. Unfortunately for me, this is one that maybe passed the label quality department.
It’s not bad, it’s just average country/rock with dabs of funk thrown in for variety. Listen to opener Shot Down Love and Love Is A Thing on Side 1 to see what I mean. Schoolin’ Them Dice with its standard blues shuffle is an ok tune, done way better by The Allmans. Turning the beast over does not improve things that much as the songs are just not strong enough. The playing is fine, you can only work with what you have. The best song is saved to last with the boogie of Ten Page Letter, which is a fun tune. This is one of those bands that if you saw them in a roadhouse deep down south on a Saturday night when your smashed on JD, you would probably love them.
5/10 from The Grooveman.
