After several solo releases of singer/songwriter fare, Georgia-born Ron Pope put together the Nighthawks to help him explore his love for Southern-fried rock, soul, and country-folk. On the group’s debut album, plucky mandolins dance around drunken slide guitars, while big horns punch through greasy boogie. The raspy-voiced singer ruminates on heartbreak, partying, and hard living on rambunctious groovers (“White River Junction”) and ragged ballads (“Hotel Room”). On Skynyrd-inspired jam “Take Me Home,” which boasts the album’s coolest riffs, Pope proves that you can’t take the South out of the boy.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Southern Cross
2 Ain't No Angel
3 Hell Or High Water
4 Leave You Behind
5 White River Junction
6 Hotel Room
7 Take Me Home
8 Lies And Cigarettes
9 Bad Intentions
10 One Shot Of Whiskey
11 Goodbye
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