Tom Baker and The Dirty Truckers - Dirty Snakes + The Dirty Truckers - Second Dose (Garage, Power-Rock US 2019-20)

 

Size: 43 MB
Bitrate: 320
mp3
Ripped by: ChrisGoesRock
Artwork Included

Whether he's fronting the Dirty Truckers or playing with his band The Snakes, Tom Baker writes songs that ought to be staples of barroom jukeboxes everywhere. Informed by everything from the Stones to The Replacements to alt-country to heartland rock, Baker's brand of everyman rock and roll is always from the heart and full of hooks. 

For his new solo EP Dirty Snakes, Baker has enlisted the services of both of his bands. The Snakes (John Blout, John Brookhouse, Charles Hansen, and John Sheeran) play on two of these tracks. The Truckers (John Lynch, John Brookhouse, Jamie Griffith) play on the other four. Combined, that's a veritable all-star team of Boston rock and roll! Dirty Snakes is slated for imminent release on compact disc by Rum Bar Records. 

It's a vintage Baker assortment of boozy rockers ("Cancel It"), tender ballads ("Pushin' You Away"), country rock jams ("On Your Device"), and Westerberg/Stinson flavored ragged pop gems ("Out of Focus"). When Malibu Lou asked for my take on "Weird Romance" a while back, I said "Kind of like newer Bon Jovi, except actually good!"

 

Baker is just a damn fine songwriter with a knack for turning out solid middle of the road rock tunes. And it's very telling that even when he does a "solo" record, he makes sure that the tremendous players backing him get their due credit. Coming in lean at six tracks, Dirty Snakes is packed with first rate material from one of the most underrated talents in all of rock and roll. It goes great with cold, cheap beer  - which no self-respecting rum bar will be adverse to stocking.

Tom Baker is obviously a man who likes to keep himself busy. The fact that he’s roped in the Dirty Truckers to help him on this album is probably enough to make you want it. That’s even before you know it’s released by Rumbar Records (a label with exceptional taste!).

If you need a quick blast of rock n roll to wake you up then opening number “Cancel It” will certainly do that! It’s a brilliant slice of rock n roll which will be stuck in your brain for weeks. Indeed that’s true of so many songs on this album.

If you find a lot of ‘Americana’ style music interesting but a tad dull, this will be the album to get you going. There’s definitely an Americana feel to tracks like “Out OF Focus”. But, rather than being delivered by a melancholy solo artist, these are given an almost power pop shine. It means tracks like “Pushin You Away” and “Turn Your Head Around” have an almost Lemonheads feel.

The songs are also delivered with a nice sense of humour as shown by the brilliant, and so apt, “On Your Device”. Together with “Weird Romance” there’s more of a pop element to these songs. They remind us of the purer pop sound that Paul Westerberg was going for in the last couple of Replacements albums..

Given Tom Baker’s previous records we knew this was going to be a great album but it has still taken us by surprise. The fact we have referenced The Lemonheads and The Replacements (two of our favourite bands) shows how great this is! It marks a slight shift in Tom Baker’s sound, but is a great record. Our only disappointment is that it’s just too damn short!

• Tom Baker: vocals, guitar
• Charles Hansen: guitar, vocals
• John Sheeran: bass, vocals
• John Blout: drums, vocals
• John Brookhouse: guitar, vocals

01. Cancel It 02:10
02. Out of Focus 03:34
03. On Your Decice 03:04
04. Pushin' You Away 03:27
05. Weird Romance 02:56
06. Turn Your Head Around 02:44

07. My Numba is 666 00:13

The Dirty Truckers - Second Dose (Garage, Power-Rock US 2020)

Size: 71.6 MB
Bitrate: 320
mp3
Ripped by: ChrisGoesRock
Artwork Included

The Dirty Truckers got together back in 1999 when song writer Tom Baker chose to pursue a decidedly American rock n' roots direction. Drawing on kick-ass influences such as Cheap Trick, Steve Earle, and The Replacements, the Dirty Truckers rock hard and have a good time doing it. Landing somewhere between Lucero and the Faces, Second Dose is a cross-cutting mix of straightup rockers, garage-punk covers, and soul searching ballads. This is the next chapter in the bands cross-country rock odyssey, proving that The Dirty Truckers are still true originals. 

Old-school shot-and-a-beer blasters teeming with equal parts raunch, riffs, and romance - raggedly right tunes about looking for love in all the wrong places, and living another day to do it again.

There are true believers in the world. Men and women who play the same chord that slapped them awake on first contact, each note sounding like it was meant to bounce off garage walls. 

The Dirty Truckers are the torchbearers as they hammer out the joy of that initial moment with drums, bass, and guitar turned up to 11 on their recent release, Second Dose.

The Dirty Truckers are a rockin' little outfit drawing on kick-ass influences such as Cheap Trick, Steve Earle and The Replacements. The DT's rock hard and have a good time doing it. 

According to Boston Soundcheck Magazine, "the band's sound is a mixture of '80's Rolling Stones as led by Keith and Ron's two-guitar assault and f*ck you sonic attitude. If you like your bands straight up, no fakers....you'll like The Dirty Truckers.

The Dirty Truckers are:
♣ Tom Baker - lead vocals, guitar
♣ Jamie Griffith - bass
♣ Tad Overbaugh - guitar, back-up vocals
♣ John Brookhouse - lead guitar guitar
♣ Dave Foy - drums
♣ John Lynch - drums
♣ Special Guest: Sir David Minehan - lead guitar, back-up vocals

01. Little Mine 03:02
02. Hotel Highway 02:44
03. Arms Length 02:37
04. Feedback 03:04
05. Help You Ann 02:40
06. Back to Back 03:15
07. Not Missing a Thing 02:57
08. The Rise & Fall 03:20
09. Sixteen Blue 05:27

10. Ragin Eyes 01:50

1. Dirty

or

2. Dirty

or

3. Dirty