another great SouthWest Stampede review by baerchen.

please read, this album is the future of southern jam rock.

Winters Brothers Band, The southwest stampede [2004]

This is 2004, not i.e. 1977 - "SWS", the new, by fans and music business
people equally and profoundly revered album of the WBB is here! Put the CD
in the player, seat yourself in your most comfortable music chair, and enjoy
it, the pure 73 and a half minute long Southern Rock delight. It's back, the
"golden" Southern Rock spirit of the 70ies in full bloom! Honest, pure,
authentic - and still of such wonderfull freshness. Indeed, the Winters'
Brothers - stemming from the South of Florida but living in TN since ages
(Dennis W. + Donnie W.= are surrounded by an unusal aura. Maybe that's
because they managed a true SR jewel with their 1976 debut. Since then, the
fans were almost hopelessly panting (and that, altough the band never
disbanded and since 20 years has been presenting their "Southern Summer
Jams" with many greats from the genre) for new music of the WWB, until in
the year of 2000, 24 years after their debut, suddenly "SR" (a couple of
live and studio tracks) was released, before they delivered, another 4 years
later, one more terriffic SR- materpiece at it very best. The album consists
of 12 new studio tracks, 2 of them are great new recordings of classics of
their debut (Old stories and Devil after my soul), of which two (the
beforementioned new recording of "Devil after my soul" and "A gun don't
mind") has been recorded already a couple of years ago together with among
others Toy C. and Ch.D. These are the also the only two songs, where DW is
still participating. The current cast of the WBB ist DW (g, voc), the
fantastic guitar palyer JL, als well as RD on Bass and ED on drums. A short
time ago, DW called their music a kind of "Cowboy Jam Rock"! Now what is
that supposed to mean? (In German this not a negative phrase!) Nothing but
flawless, totally wonderful, full of joy of playing and jamming, fluid,
surrounded by dignified Western flair SR of highest expertise, like a mix of
elements of the early CDB, Marshall Tucker Band, Outlaws and the Allman
Brothers. Because of their great structure, the songs have an immense
tension. Again and again, great melodies team up with distinct inclinations
to jam. Great guitar parts and great twin sections are flowing easy and
soft, but at the same time totally lively and alive from your speakers. DW,
a geat singer, too, by the way, and the exceptionally gifted JL show their
top shape again and again and loose themselves in endless soli with straight
double leads. What a Southern feeling! The fans are gonna be ecstatic!
According to the title of the album and the continuous outlaw theme, there's
short intermezzi between the songs, the sound of horses or the shot of a
revolver, which loosens up everything pleasantly and gives it a kind of
"concept album - flair". Like, for example in the opener "Stampede". What a
great, rhythmic, jamming as well as melodic, classic midtempo Southern rock
song, somewhere between the Allman Brothers and the Tucker Boys! Great,
smooth twin guitars, nice percussion, an unobtrusive fiddle now and then and
DW's great singing are dominating the scene! On we go in the best
Outlaws-/Marhall Tucker manner with a simply fantastic "Old stories", a
sweeping, jaunty, country- infected, easy laid back Soutern rock song, that
will screw itself unresistibly into our auditory canals with its melody and
the fluid, phantastic (twin) guitar soli - retro and fresh alike. That is
bubbling, pure joy of playing. One great track will follow the next!
"Outlaws and lawman" for example, a really strong, dusty midtempo
Western/Southern rock song full of desperado - flair will directly pass
into the "Outlaw Jam" full of guitar battles, wich results in a 14 minute
splendor, that will even show some totally unobtrusive sax moments now and
then for a welcome change. Or "My Marie", with a great tune and guitar
playing as sharp as a knife, the easy-going Outlaws like "Keep on running"
(a remake of a song of the ultra rare EP from 1985), "A gun don't mind" with
convincing changes of tempo and twin guitars permanently gaining momentum,
up to the almost 16 minunte long "Stampede Jam", charged with short sax and
fiddle sections, Allmans like, once again full of endless, intoxicating
guitar soli - all of this will make the heart of the inclined SR fan beat a
little faster. The more you listen to this album, the more you learn to
appreciate it. The music will just not wear off. And this is also a
unmistakable proof for quality and class! 28 years after their debut, the
WBB have again managed a SR jewel, that is impressively proofing the
revitalisation of a whole genre which can be observed lately. You almost
wouldn't have put that past them in this strength/power. "The south has done
it again" - you can say that again!


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