The cover photo tells you all you need to know about this record. It depicts two stoney- faced ageing rocker dudes sporting shades and stetsons.
These are Florida born Mike 'Party Animal' Galloway and Timmy 'Family Man' Kelliher.
They play Southern Rock like it never went out of style.
Despite the fact that both are shown clasping 'geetars' on the cover shot, Galloway is credited only with vocals and harmonica while "all guitar work" ,and more vocals, are supplied by Kelliher.
If you are feeling generous, you'd praise this homage to blues 'n' boogie which grooves along to a sound familiar to fans of legendary bands such as ZZ Top and The Allman Brothers.
A less generous verdict would be that this is the type of retro rock fodder that should have been stifled at birth.
The improbably named Colonel Cullpepper makes the case for the defence on the sleeve notes. He flags up the duo's "all original songwriting" and describes theirs as "a Country sound with a gritty edge" . These, he gushes, are "real lyrics by real people".
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The prosecution could counter by citing the one non-original tune on the album. Trent Reznor's 'Hurt' is a song Johnny Cash made his own and which Messrs Galloway & Kelliiher proceed to massacre by turning it into an uptempo rocker.
On other tracks blues and rebel rock clichés abound in songs about the civil war (Virginia Moon), nite trains, cowgirls (She's Got The Rhythm) and an ode to Willie Nelson ("Leave old Willie alone").
In short, fair play to guys who've been playing together for 20 years but this amounts to little more than party music for old wild men.
9 tracks - playing time 49.44mins
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