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Glory days, well they’ll pass you by

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Now I think I’m going down to the well tonight
and I’m going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it
but I probably will

-Bruce Springsteen

Kid Rock just turned 40 January 15th.

Kid Rock celebrated the day by having a 3 hour concert in his hometown of Detroit. The venue was the Detroit Lions stadium, Ford Field. During the show, looking over the 60,000 hometown fans, he said “I don’t even know what to say…There is no place on earth I’d rather be right now than here.”

I tired to find time to review the new album, Born Free of Kid Rock back around its release date of November 16, 2010…but time got away from me. Maybe that’s what Kid Rock had in mind for this album. The album is a continued departure from the rap-rock that made Kid famous. It’s an album that harkens back to the late 70’s / early 80’s Americana that Kid Rock loves so much. Perhaps it’s the time that he wishes hadn’t gotten away from him?

Rock churns out Southern Rock, a la Bob Seger or Tom Petty. Born Free is not as good as Seger’s Night Moves or Petty’s Into The Great Wide Open, but it is a great feel-good record that will get you through the cold months and into the summer. Kid Rock even convinces his idol, Bob Seger, to play piano on the song “Care” while he does the best raspy Seger-esque impression he can!

The song I love most is the track Purple Sky. Check it out below, and pick up this album, even if you aren’t a fan of Kid Rock’s seven previous albums… I guarantee you will find something to love here…and dont wait too long, else you’ll be without it come summertime! You will need a soundtrack for those backyard BBQs or beers in the back of the pick-up. You know how fast time flies…

Click to Play Kid Rock – Purple Sky

You don’t know, you think you know

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You had her all wrapped up in a neat and tidy package… One that you would never open. You thought you knew, but you didn’t know.

You didn’t know that she eats dark choc-o-late and reads dirty magazines.
And it was even news to her that you could kill her with a kiss.

She had no idea how badly she’d need to try to step into your open arms, and she had no forethought about demanding a kiss.

She broke a few rules.


[Harrison Hudson – Kill Her With A Kiss]

This is the only picture of Harrison Hudson I’ve ever seen, so I was taken aback when I heard the tunes on their debut album Blood, Sweat and Sweat. It’s like I am hearing a more approachable, more fun-loving, but just as hard-rocking, Chris Robinson.

Pictured here is the frontman for the three-piece band that bears his namesake. Hudson is backed by Brandon Dees on bass and Steven Kadar on drums, who are talented enough to sound like a quintet. They really embody the southern rock sound. And of course the genius that are Andy Hull and Jeremiah Edmond signed them to Favorite Gentlemen. I am entranced by the sound and the lyrics. I can’t be more eloquent than that.

I even love that they managed to make a word like “Californ-I-ain’t” sound cool, as demonstrated in Track 4, “California Girl”.

Ah, that’s a better picture. I am going to become a groupie. I am in love with these guys. I need my saving grace; I keep fallin’ into love with every pretty face I see…

Probably the song on the album that is strong enough to go toe-to-toe with any of history’s greatest southern hits would be track 6, “Clown”. Oh please be my guest and enjoy. ENJOY!

Oh, I gave you my heart and you took it like a common meal…


[Harrison Hudson – Clown]

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And just for the hell of it, play Blood, Sweat and Sweat (by the way, could you get a better name for a good strong rock and roll album coming out of Tennessee?) side by side with the Black Crowes. Do it. I dare ya.