A-Town Blues
Studio album by
Wayne Hancock
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2001
Genre
LabelBloodshot Records[1]
ProducerLloyd Maines
Wayne Hancock chronology
Wild, Free & Reckless
(1999)		 A-Town Blues
(2001)		 The South Austin Sessions
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Dayton Daily NewsB+[3]

A-Town Blues is the fourth studio album by the American country musician Wayne Hancock, released in 2001.[4][5]

Production

The album was recorded at Cedar Creek Studios, in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Lloyd Maines.[6] It was Hancock's intention to make a simpler, less-produced album.[7] The band only minimally rehearsed the songs, and laid down the tracks in 20 hours; the results were mixed in two days.[8] A-Town Blues was made with Hancock's road band.[9] Many of the songs are about travel, highway pilgrimages, and the road.[10]

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle wrote that the album "swings like crazy, there's some top-notch playing, and Hancock certainly knows his way around a country-blues song."[6] The Los Angeles Times thought that "the music is vibrant, as shimmering steel and chattering electric guitars dance over swinging bass lines."[7] The Columbus Dispatch wrote that "Hancock's tunes bring home the bacon with the stylistic accuracy of the old honky-tonk masters."[11]

Track listing

  1. "A-Town Blues" – 1:48
  2. "Man Of The Road" - 2:29
  3. "Sands Of Time" - 2:53
  4. "Miller, Jack & Mad Dog" - 2:06
  5. "Track 49" - 2:48
  6. "Life's Lonesome Road" - 1:43
  7. "Cow Cow Boogie" - 3:54
  8. "Route 23" - 2:34
  9. "Happy Birthday Julie" - 2:54
  10. "California Blues" - 4:05
  11. "Every Time" - 3:25
  12. "Viper" (Stuff Smith) - 3:10
  13. "We Three" - 4:14
  14. "Railroad Blues" - 4:05

Personnel

  • Dave Biller – guitar
  • Wayne Hancock – vocals
  • Ricardo Ramírez – bass
  • Jeremy Wakefield – steel guitar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "COUNTRY BEAT: Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Wayne Hancock ..." MTV News.
  2. ↑ Booth, Bret. A-Town Blues review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-05.
  3. ↑ Rollins, Ron (14 Sep 2001). "RECORDINGS: SHORT TRACKS". Dayton Daily News. Go!. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Wayne Hancock | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Wayne Hancock - Hank done it this way". No Depression. November 1, 2001.
  6. 1 2 "Wayne Hancock: A-Town Blues Album Review". www.austinchronicle.com.
  7. 1 2 McKeough, Kevin (1 Jan 2002). "Wayne Hancock Creates Sounds of the Road". Los Angeles Times. p. F6.
  8. ↑ Sculley, Alan (10 Jan 2002). "WAYNE 'THE TRAIN' HANCOCK KEEPS IT STRIPPED DOWN, TRUE TO THE ROOTS". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. G22.
  9. ↑ Wooley, John (May 4, 2001). "Ain't no stoppin' Wayne `the Train'". Tulsa World. SPOT. p. 17.
  10. ↑ Terrell, Steve (9 Nov 2001). "Take the Wayne train". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. P50.
  11. ↑ Schieber, Curtis (September 20, 2001). "A-Town Blues, Wayne Hancock (Bloodshot)". The Columbus Dispatch. Features-Weekender. p. 26.



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