{"id":164,"date":"2011-02-19T17:25:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:25:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T10:25:36","slug":"discography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/discography\/","title":{"rendered":"Discography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nBelow is a comprehensive discography of recent
\nRoadhouse albums. Where available, click on the song titles to
\nhear an MP3 snippet of them. All CDs are available from us at
\ngigs, or you can order by email (\u00a312 each + \u00a32 p+p – email us
\nhere<\/a>). Alternatively,
\n“No Place To Hide” and “Roadhouse and Friends, Live!” are available
\nfrom the online store at
\nBlues Matters!<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"gods-and-highways\"<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0Gods and Highways and Old Guitars<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROADHOUSE<\/b><\/p>\n

Gods & Highways & Old Guitars<\/b><\/p>\n

KrossBorder<\/b><\/p>\n

What initially strikes me about the CD is the stunning photography on the cover. Just like an old Camel CD from the nineties, Dust and Dreams<\/i>, it portrays John Steinback -era America when everything was bust and broken. For any first time listeners the symbolism of the guitar case in the boot of the clapped out car on the cover soon becomes evident. Roadhouse are pure guitar-driven blues rock with a tinge of Southern boogie. Opener Hell on Wheels<\/i> shows that founder member, chief bottle washer, singer, co-guitarist and main song-writer, Gary Boner is in sparkling form, along with fellow guitarist Danny Gwilym, boosted by the ever dependable rhythm section of Bill Hobley (bass) and Roger Hunt (drums). Then there is the band within the band that is the wonderful Mandie G, Sarah Harvey-Smart, and Suzie D on vocals. Skin Walker<\/i> clocking in at seven and a half minutes is a native American tale accentuated by Gary’s narrative, accompanied by an electro-acoustic guitar pattern.\u00a0 The title track has Mandie G handling pitch perfect vocals before the guitars slip into jam-band mode. Katrina<\/i> takes the listener to the devastation of New Orleans post hurricane. Suzie D does a remake of The Big Easy<\/i> again with superb guitar work. With a hint of boogie, co-writer Sarah Harvey-Smart does a brilliant job on Slow Down<\/i>. Country rocker, Spirits Across the Water<\/i> has beautiful backing vocals. Blues Motel<\/i> has a riff which could have been plucked from early ZZ Top, showcasing the great vibe Mandie G has with Danny’s guitar work. Like Spirit<\/i> before it, closer Sinner <\/i>has an eighties feel to it. This album certainly gets my vote for one of the outstanding British releases of this year. Mr Boner works tremendously hard on his own musical vision and, in my humble opinion, he and his wonderful band have pulled it off.<\/p>\n

Clive Rawlings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Dark<\/a><\/td>\nDark Angel\u00a0<\/strong>Roadhouse Review from Maverick Magazine**** <\/strong> <\/strong>Root-rockers roar back with a classic<\/p>\n

Roadhouse\u2019s music has always been different, country-rock,
\nheading into roots and blues, with a dark, cinematic world view,
\nthe still back routes of America laced with the dirtier back streets
\nof London. This is the band\u2019s 11th album and is the pinnacle
\nof their achievements, rumbling, roaring and screaming in pain
\nwhile never losing track of the country undertones.<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of guitarist\/singer\/songwriter Gary Boner,
\nthe band have been constantly pushing back the boundaries, and
\nfrom the opening ringing tones of Too Tired To Pray you\u2019re
\nin the Roadhouse world. There are few such bands who can get away
\nwith expansive pieces, but such is Roadhouse\u2019s mastery that
\nthe eight minutes of the majestic title track seem normal.<\/p>\n

The album\u2019s success is in part due to Boner\u2019s growing
\nmaturity as a writer, part of it is the band\u2019s latest in
\na long line of lead guitarists, Danny Gwilym, whose playing takes
\nthings to a new level. There\u2019s an inventive, rich, bluesy
\nrock \u2018n\u2019 roll warmth, but there\u2019s also the air
\nof an early Clapton; imagine Cream playing in a roadhouse. Boner\u2019s
\nchugging, jangling rhythm is incessant and the solid rhythm section
\nof Roger Hunt (drums) and Bill Hobley (bass) is still there from
\nthe very beginning is still there. The band\u2019s unusual vocal
\napproach is still there, too, a trio of female singers (Mandie
\nG, Kellie Marie Hobbs, Suzi D) who at one moment appear to be
\nadding backing to Boner, then switch to a lead harmony, then solo
\nlead. The constant changes create an ensemble feel, rather like
\nthe Band where the boundaries of lead vocals were forever blurred.<\/p>\n

Of the tracks, Boner\u2019s Working Class Gospel Drinking Blues
\nis a favourite (with Gwilym\u2019s gut-wrenching lead guitar),
\nbut there are lighter numbers such as So Over You, co-written
\nwith Gwilym and Hobbs. A classic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"sea<\/a><\/td>\nSea of Souls\u00a0<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong>Rock & Reel MagazineRoadhouse are clearly keen to make up for lost time. The London-based
\nblues rockers now front three female vocalists and surprisingly,
\nit works, with the singers taking it in turns on House Of The
\nRising Sun, The Lying Game and Tumbling Down to pitch for the
\nkind of damaged souls who inhabit the small hours.Everything within this band serves their songs, so when the
\nguitar burns, or the cymbals crash, it means something \u2014
\nit stokes the fire, builds the tension. Even more than before,
\nGary Boner\u0019s lyrics capture the feel of the emotionally and
\nmaterially desperate, adrift in their own land, revealing the
\nplight of a man at times very close to the abyss, as he struggles
\nwith the task of eking out a living for his ragged (and totally
\ncopacetic) little band.<\/p>\n

There are some people out there who, myself included, appreciate
\nsongs that reach further inside, due to the lyrics or sincerity
\nof the singer\u2019s voice. If you understand, then you\u2019ll
\nneed to discover this work of distinctive mournful majesty.<\/p>\n

Colin Palmer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"broken<\/a><\/td>\nBroken Land <\/strong> Nick Dalton Maverick \u201cRoadhouse<\/strong>Blues Matters BRMCD20061<\/strong>****<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong> <\/strong>Triumph from Britain\u2019s leading country rockers<\/p>\n

The London roots rockers who never stand still release another
\nalbum with yet another line-up. They get through guitarists
\nfaster than Rod Stewart gets through wives. Yet that does mean
\nthey?re always on edge, always pushing forward. Some might have
\nfelt that losing British guitar prodigy Jules Fothergill could
\nbe a setback but mainmain Gary Boner has found an excellent
\n(and very different) replacement in Canadian Drew Barron.<\/p>\n

The songs are still a raging country-roots blend of imagery
\n\u2013 rivers, trains, desolate countryside \u2013 but the
\ntextures are different again, Barron bringing a softer, mystical
\nfeel up against Boner?s rock jangle.<\/p>\n

Roadhouse’s trademark twin girl singers \u2013 more than backing
\nvocals, sometimes soloists but always there like a wind whistling
\naround the Boner\/Barron twin guitar attack \u2013 are still
\nthere. Yet different \u2013 one of the band?s earliest members,
\nMandie G, has returned, joined by newcome Fiona McElroy, the
\nlatter taking centre stage on the choogling, spine-tingling
\nrocker Still Haven?t Found.<\/p>\n

The set kicks off with a classic Roadhouse rampage, White Water,
\ngreat tune, great guitars and male-female vocals winding around
\neach other.<\/p>\n

The rhythm section of Roger Hunt and Bill Hobley (band originals
\nalong with Boner) are darker and dirtier than ever as they tackle
\nmoody originals like Pulp Fiction and the West Coast-sounding
\nThe Big Easy. What?s also impressive is how the band manage
\nto take what some might see as a hoary covers and turn them
\naround. All Along The Watchtower becomes a bleak barroom workout,
\ncomplete with smokey sax by Fred Schmid. And Knocking On Heaven?s
\nDoor<\/p>\n

The Spanish guitar driven Mexican Nights is a new approach for
\nthe band before they return to familiar ground for the rampant
\nfinale Last Train Home. A killer record from a band who deserve
\nto be much bigger. ND <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/td>\nNo Place To Hide<\/strong> Blues Matters
\nRecords \/ BMRCD20045<\/em> 2004
\n– “Every track seems to kick off with such confidence that
\nyou would think these numbers had been played for decades. Not
\nso, most are relatively recent compositions… The record ends
\nwith the reflective ‘Killing Time’ but believe me you’re not killing
\ntime listening to this crew. The whole CD is a wonderful and varied
\ncollection of songs played to the highest standard by a group
\nof fine musicians. It deserves to take the band on to a higher
\nlevel. I strongly recommend it…”<\/em> – Blues Matters<\/span>
\n1. No
\nPlace To Hide<\/a> 2. Slip
\nAway<\/a> 3. Lost
\nAlong The Way <\/a> 4. Brooklyn
\nBlues <\/a> 5. Blue
\nBayou<\/a> 6. Long
\nWay Home<\/a> 7. Don’t
\nPoint That Thing At Me<\/a> 8. Lost
\nIn Pain<\/a> 9. Couldn’t
\nGet To Sleep<\/a> 10. Killing
\nTime<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nRoadhouse
\nand Friends, Live!<\/strong> Blues Matters Records \/ BMRCD20038<\/em>
\n2004 – “If you weren’t present,
\nI’m sorry you missed this gig. This disc will at least help you
\nunderstand the wonderful audience reaction that you hear…”<\/em>
\n– Blues Matters<\/span> 1. Telling
\nLies<\/a> 2. Backstreets<\/a>
\n3. I
\nLoved Another Woman (Joe Hollywood)<\/a> 4. Please
\nDon’t Leave Me (Noel Brown and Drew Barron)<\/a> 5. First
\nTime I Met The Blues (Damien McCabe and John O’Leary)<\/a> 6. I
\nLoved Another Woman (Robin Bibi and Pete Sargeant)<\/a> 7. Blues
\nHighway<\/a> 8. Voodoo
\nQueen<\/a> 9. Preacher
\nMan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nBlues
\nHighway<\/strong> 2002 – “A
\ntrue original Brit band who manage to combine elements of country
\nand blues into their own individual sound. The influences are
\nall there but the result sounds like nothing other than their
\nown. Oft likened to the Band, or Creedence there’s now a bigger
\ndollop of New Orleans in the mix… Rich, Hot and Powerful. ****”<\/em>
\n– Maverick Magazine “Blues-tinged to the max, this set sees
\nthe fresh air of a West Coast\/Airplane breeziness which propels
\nthe tracks through various soundscapes and the overall sound is
\naurally panoramic and all the better for that. The songs are delivered
\nwith vigour and pride… Quality and soul in equal measure, there
\nmay not be a better homegrown release this winter…”<\/em> – Blues
\nMatters<\/span> 1. Desert
\nSky<\/a> 2. Blues
\nHighway (Radio Edit)<\/a> 3. Ride
\nOn The Wind<\/a> 4. Voodoo
\nQueen<\/a> 5. One
\nLast Roll<\/a> 6. Dark
\nRain<\/a> 7. Serve
\nYou Right To Suffer<\/a> 8. When
\nMountains Fall<\/a> 9. Night
\nTrain<\/a> 10. Blues
\nHighway<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDark
\nRide<\/strong> 2001 – “Dark,
\ntwisted sounds from sharp London band who have honed their cutting
\nedge roots style around the pubs and clubs for some time now.
\nA heavy, intoxicating blend full of desperation, great riffs and
\nmonster tunes. ****”<\/em> – Maverick Magazine<\/span> 1. Dark
\nRide<\/a> 2. Preacher
\nMan<\/a> 3. Love
\nOn The Run<\/a> 4. Devil’s
\nHighway<\/a> 5. Help
\nMe<\/a> 6. Bitter
\nStreet<\/a> 7. Time
\nTo Tell The Truth<\/a> 8. Winter
\nRain<\/a> 9. Backstreets<\/a>
\n10. Firewalking<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nTelling
\nLies<\/strong> 2000 – “Twin
\nguitars, a sense of desperation, and the turn of a good tune,
\nRoadhouse music at it’s best”<\/em> – Country Music International<\/span>
\n1. Been
\nOn This Road Too Long<\/a> 2. When
\nMountains Fall<\/a> 3. Stormy
\nMonday<\/a> 4. Telling
\nLies<\/a> 5. Living
\nOn The Road<\/a> 6. The
\nDealer<\/a> 7. Down
\nTo The Water<\/a> 8. Here
\nI Stand<\/a> 9. Whiskey
\nMan<\/a> 10. Across
\nThe Border<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nRunaway
\nTrain<\/strong> 1999 – “Sometimes
\nthey come on like a latterday Creedence, sometimes they get into
\na trancelike groove and stay there. Their best album yet.”<\/em>
\n– Country Music International<\/span> 1. Runaway
\nTrain<\/a> 2. Lost
\nMotel<\/a> 3. Take
\nThe Money and Run<\/a> 4. That’s
\nWhat Love Can Do<\/a> 5. Too
\nHot To Handle<\/a> 6. Get
\nOff My Land<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEdge
\nOf The Night<\/strong> 1997 –
\n“Glad and greasy like Creedence on a hot Saturday night…
\nA great party record”<\/em> – Country Music International<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAin’t
\nComing Back<\/strong> 1995 –
\n“Solid, Powerful and Accomplished”<\/em> – Time Out<\/span>
\n1. On
\nThe Road Again<\/a> 2. Ain’t
\nComing Back<\/a> 3. Couldn’t
\nGet To Sleep<\/a> 4. Are
\nYou Sure Hank Done It This Way?<\/a> 5. Sure
\nNuff Yes I Do<\/a> 6. Let
\nIt Out<\/a> 7. Not
\nFade Away<\/a> 8. Rock
\nMe Baby<\/a> 9. Devil’s
\nHighway<\/a> 10. Under
\nBlue Skies<\/a> 11. Backstreets<\/a>
\n12. Pack
\nFair And Square<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Below is a comprehensive discography of recent Roadhouse albums. Where available, click on the song titles to hear an MP3 snippet of them. All CDs are available from us at gigs, or you can order by email (\u00a312 each + \u00a32 p+p – email us here). Alternatively, “No Place To Hide” and “Roadhouse and Friends, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3261,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}