GREEN LEAF RUSTLERS: From Within Marin (2-LP, New Vinyl)
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Description
Chris Robinson's (Black Crowes) latest project is called The Green Leaf Rustlers, a five-piece comprised of players who mostly call Marin County home, north of San Francisco. Besides Robinson on guitar and vocals, the lineup features Barry Sless from the David Nelson Band on guitar and pedal steel, third guitarist Greg Loiacono of the Mother Hips, drummer John Molo from Bruce Hornsby’s band and bassist Pete Sears who has booked time with umpteen Bay-area groups. Robinson calls the Rustlers a “hippie hayride.” I call ’em a loose, sloppy, fun jam band. They were even recorded by the Grateful Dead tape archivist Betty Cantor Jackson.
What do they play? Songs a lot of people know: The Rolling Stones’ “No Expectations,” a 10-minute, up-tempo version of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” Bob Dylan’s “Positively 4th Street,” Gram Parsons’ “Big Mouth Blues,” Townes Van Zandt’s “Standin’,” J.J. Cale’s “Ride Me High,” Big Boy Crudup’s “That’s Alright Mama,” King Floyd’s “Groove Me,” “Ramblin’ Man” (the Waylon Jennings country hit, not the Allman Brothers’ classic) and one simply called “Jam.” There’s a fair amount of stretch to each tune, which gives Robinson as a vocalist, the other guitarists and the rhythm section plenty of room to move. Total running time 50:24.
The album is a deluxe double LP.
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