TRACKLIST:
GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI (TRAVIS WAMMACK, ALBERT LOWE) 4:10
MR. PITIFUL (OTIS REDDING, STEVE CROPPER) 2:45
OUT OF LEFT FIELD (DAN PENN/SPOONER OLDHAM) 3:20
QUEEN OF HEARTS (GREGG ALLMAN) 6:08
SHAKE A LEG (EDDIE HOERNER) 4:07
LOSING MY RELIGION (BERRY, BUCK, MILLS, STIPE) 5:08
STAND BACK (GREGG ALLMAN/BERRY OAKLEY) 4:03
GRITS AIN'T GROCERIES (TITUS TURNER) 3:14
THESE ARMS OF MINE (OTIS REDDING) 2:51
TOTAL DESTRUCTION TO YOUR MIND (JERRY WILLIAMS) 5:06
This isn’t nostalgia–it’s renewal, sung loud and played proud, from our hometown to the world.
Justin Cutway, Macon Magazine
Macon Music Revue releases a self-titled homage to its namesake city August 29
on Terminus Records. Fueled by Charles Davis' gospel shouter of a voice, the
ferocious guitar and slide work of Dustin McCook, the church-honed organ and
piano of Ethan Hamlin and the laid back, locked-in rhythms of drummer Caleb
Melvin and bassist Evan Bentzel, the album shines as a love letter to Macon and
its musical past , present and future. Recruited by the Georgia Music Foundation
and Visit Macon nearly two years ago to form a "preservation band," the
musicians began a Wednesday night residency at historic Grant 's Lounge, where
each week, they dig deep into Macon's musical DNA with reverence and a
genuine sense of reinvention. Drawing from the Grant 's repertoire of nearly 130
songs, the album includes five cuts by Macon legends–Little Richard
("Greenwood, Mississippi"), Otis Redding ("Mr. Pitiful" & "These Arms of Mine"),
Allman Brothers Band ("Stand Back") and Gregg Allman ("Queen of Hearts")–plus
five by artists with strong Macon roots including Percy Sledge ("Out of Left
Field"), R.E.M. ("Losing My Religion"), Sea Level ("Shake a Leg"), Wet Willie
("Grits Ain' t Groceries") and Swamp Dogg ("Total Destruction to Your Mind").
Recorded at Capricorn Sound Studios and featuring frequent collaborators,
Atlanta's Terminus Horns, the debut album by Macon Music Revue captures the
grit and groove that has long been a signature of one of America's most
influential music cities.