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Jim Dandy to the rescue!
From The Allman Brothers to ZZ Top, from Florida to Texas, this is southern
rock’s rich recorded heritage across the
first three decades of the genre reviewed in one handy reference guide. Each
album is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and
each review is stuffed to the brim with biographical information. As well,
check out Martin’s list of the top 122
greatest albums of the first 30 years of this bluesy, roots-rockin’ music for
the ages. Also included are approximately
150 photos of southern rock album covers, including many rare, out-of-print
titles.
Acts covered in the book include: The Allman Brothers, Duane Allman, Gregg
Allman, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Dickey Betts
& Great Southern, The Black Crowes, Blackfoot, Black Oak Arkansas, Cowboy ,
The Charlie Daniels Band, Doc Holliday,
Georgia Satellites, Gov’t Mule, Grinderswitch, Hydra, Jackyl, Johnny Jenkins,
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mama’s Pride, Marshall
Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, Mother’s Finest, Nashville Pussy, Nitzinger, Don
Nix, The Outlaws, Henry Paul Band, Point
Blank, Potliquor, Rossington Collins Band, Sea Level, Stillwater, 38 Special,
Johnny Van Zant Band, Van Zant, Wet
Willie, Bobby Whitlock, ZZ Top and many more!
Note: this issue of the book celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original
publication of Southern Rock Review (now
with new subtitle). None of the contents enclosed, including the introduction,
have been altered from Popoff’s seminal
2001 reference tome.
“A must for Southern Rock fans, Southern Rock Review contains over 200 pages
of album reviews, from the obvious, like
The Allman Brothers Band, Marshall Tucker Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd, to Molly
Hatchet, Blackfoot, The Outlaws, and more.
Popoff does an outstanding job of digging deep and providing factual
information on lesser known, yet equally important
groups like Cowboy, Doc Holliday, Jackyl, The Henry Paul Band and Point Blank.
All of them are rated between a one and a
ten, and in the eyes of this writer, Martin pretty much hits the nail on the
head with his ratings.”
Gritz Magazine
“Popoff reviews each band’s entire catalog, going into interesting and smart
detail about each album and putting the
cherry on top with a rating scale number from 1 to 10. Every band you could
possibly think of that might be even a
little Southern rock (ZZ Top and The Georgia Satellites? Maybe, I guess.),
gets attention in Popoff’s book. Just like
his 1997 tome, “The Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal,” Popoff’s opinions are
sharp and funny.”
Blistering.com
“As for the book itself, it’s the only one I know of that takes Southern rock
seriously as a movement--and it doesn’t
quiver at doling out harsh truths as well, such as the self-parody of the
recent Skynyrd output. Actually, I would have
liked Popoff to have expanded his definition a bit (he did include an “If You
Like Southern, You Might Like...” section
in the appendix, which included all the bands that I wish he’d have fully
included) but it was also brave to actually
hold himself to the geography and include only bands that came from the South
itself. Gutsy and idiosyncratic as Popoff
always is, his writing reaches beautiful heights when speaking about the first
solo Dickey Betts album, a gentle,
delicate, unassuming work that reeks genius. Eat a peach, indeed. And buy this
book.”
Jason Farrell
“As always, Popoff writes with hilarious amounts of knowledge and personality.
His style of writing is his own,
eschewing conventional grammar and sentence structure (“I’ve toned down” he
says in the intro; yeah right) for another
unique reading experience. My experience in the genre at hand is limited to
the basics, and Southern Rock Review is a
great help to getting my feet in the swamps to check out some more, with
Canada’s finest music journalist guiding the
tour.”
Greg Pratt
Books will be signed by me to you unless you wave your arms wildly and tell me
otherwise within like half an hour of
ordering.
Price including shipping (yes, it’s higher than usual, but this is now ordered
in very low quantities):
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US orders $42.00 US funds |
Int'l orders (air mail) $48.00 US funds
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Canadian orders $45.00 Cdn. funds |
Book will be signed to you from me, so let me know if it is a present for
someone else, or you don’t want it signed.
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If you would like a PayPal invoice, please indicate what
country you are in and give me the email address you use at
PayPal. Or just do yer usual and direct funds to
[email protected].
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Or mail payment (personal check in US funds, cash, or INTERNATIONAL money
order), to:
Martin Popoff
P.O. Box 65208, 358 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M4K 2Z2
Email [email protected] with any questions. Sweet postage savings to be had
for multiple orders (or two of pretty
much anything—long story, ask me!) for US orders.
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