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Omar & The Howlers Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty (1987) [Blues][mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

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Omar & The Howlers - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty
Original Release Date: 1987
Label: Austin Records
Audio CD: February 19, 2002
Year: 1987
Bitrate: mp3 320 kbps

For their major-label debut, Omar & the Howlers were trimmed down to a trio, but that didn’t decrease their power. If anything, the group sounds leaner and meaner. Hard Times in the Land of Plenty is one of their finest releases for this reason—it’s a rough and tumble collection that is driven as much by fine original songwriting as it is by the band’s edgy sound.

Hard Times is Omar's first major label release for Columbia and he probaly got signed on due to a certain somebody named Stevie Ray Vaughn. The title track got some airplay on MTV (back when MTV actually showed videos and not second rate garbage as Blink 182's Drummer and Wife) which got me interested to buy this album. The album is chock full of some of that Louisana via Texas hoodoo blues and rock with highlights such as the Howling Wolf soundalike, Don't You Know That I Love You, Creedence type of rock such as Shadow Man, and You Ain't Fooling Nobody and tex mex sounding Don't You Rock Me The Wrong Way. Double Trouble keyboardist Reese Wynans helps out as well. Tastefully recorded, it's one of the undiscovered gems of the 80s. Grade B+ ~ R. Smith

Bought this "CD" on cassette tape when it originally released. I'm happy to see it's now on CD. Nice original songwriting with coarse, butt kicking delivery. Fans of SRV would probably like this. Give it a listen. ~ Snotter "brown dog fan"

Omar & The Howlers - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty Track:
01 Hard Times in the Land of Plenty
02 Dancing in the Canebrake
03 Border Girl
04 Mississippi Hoo Doo Man
05 Don’t Rock Me the Wrong Way
06 Same Old Grind
07 Don’t You Know
08 You Ain’t Foolin’ Nobody
09 Shadow Man
10 Lee Anne

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