Blackfoot Strikes CD

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 A Great Southern Rock CD!
I really enjoyed listening to this cd! I'm totally impressed with this band's sound. A must buy!
Submitted by jnakio (Warren, MI, usa) 
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 great
Just what I was looking for.... received on time and no problems with order
Submitted by sabrina_connor (Shelby, NC) 
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 if you like classic rock you're going to love this!
Listen to just one song like "Train, Train", "Highway Song" or "Wishing Well" and you'll be hooked for life! I am! If you like "Lynyrd Skynyrd" you'll like Blackfoot. I first saw them in concert opening for "Ted Nugent" and they stole the show just with the music! That's no small feat! Buy this selectiona and you"ll never regret it.
signed: Carol Fausett








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 A Surprise Album Released In The Late Seventies!
Just when you thought Southern rock had died in 1979 here comes ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd Ricky Medlock and his group Blackfoot. With the onslaugt of punk/new wave in the late seventies there weren't a whole lot of Southern rockers releasing records. Yeah there was Molly Hatchet with "Beatin' The Odds" (released in 1980), The Charlie Daniels Band with their smash hit "The Devil Went Down To Georgia", ZZ Top had "Cheap Sunglasses" and Blackfoot. I always thought Blackfoot was heavier than most Southern rock bands. Blackfoot "Strikes" is their debut and an excellent one at that. Lots of good stuff here including a couple of remakes such as Free's "Wishing Well" and Spirit's "I Got A Line On You". But my favs are "Baby Blue", "Train Train" and "Highway Song". Any lover of Southern rock owes it to themselves to have this in their collection!
Submitted by Jethro ("Dalton, Ga, USA")
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 The pinnacle of Southern rock.
As a Georgia boy I know Southern Rock, and this is it. While Skynard, Molly Hatchet, Marshall Tucker Band, .38 Special, The Allman Brothers, et.al. were big in the day, Blackfoot seemingly came out of nowhere and pimp-slapped the rock & roll world with "Strikes." Every song on the nearly 30-year old album is still a keeper, but a few stand out even more so than the others. The lonely intro of "Highway Song" sets a mellow mood, which is countered enjoyably later in the song when things speed up, creating the quintessential driving tune for blasting down a lonely highway on a dark night in a fast car. And anyone who doesn't get chills by the wailing harmonica in "Train, Train" needs to have their pulse checked- they're probably dead. My all-time favorite Blackfoot song (on this album or any other) is "Left Turn On A Red Light." This song sports a heavy, melodic rhythm that is almost hypnotizing, and the lyrics are haunting and memorable. It's about life; we all make mistakes, and this song drives that fact home in a way that is unforgettable. Truly a masterpiece of music, lyrics, and emotion. Along with Skynard's "One More From The Road," Blackfoot's "Strikes" is the pinnacle of the genre that is/was Southern Rock. No collection is complete without it.
Submitted by Dave Howard (Way down South.)
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