Salvation Medicine Show

Description

Salvation Medicine Show is a roots-oriented album by the American guitarist, songwriter and producer Lanny Cordola, released on KMG Records in 1998. The album was co-produced by Gary Thomas Griffin and Lanny Cordola.

Partly due to non-existent marketing and push, and partly due to Lanny’s prolific songwriting abilities, I feel like I’ve blinked a few times and missed half a dozen of this guy’s albums. Here’s another one that almost slipped through the cracks into quick obscurity – Salvation Medicine Show. On this 15-song collection, Lanny once again pays deep respect and tribute to his blues forefathers. Relying on steel, acoustic, and electric guitars – as well as various other stringed instruments (dobro, banjo, ukulele) Lanny puts together a rustic, laid-back album that reads like a backwoods hymnal – «If I Ever Needed Someone» (penned by Van Morrison), «Last Call», and «Eulogy for a Friend». Quite a contrast from the blistering electric licks on Tony Palacios’ solo album, but full of quality songs showing rock’s roots without rocking. In fact, some of these tunes, like «Confessions», could cross over into Country radio. [DV, HM Magazine, September/October 1998]

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CD tracklist:

01. Last Call – 3:16
02. If I Ever Needed Someone – 4:12
03. Confessions – 2:43
04. Salvation Medicine Show – 1:42
05. Livin In Spin – 3:24
06. Mrs. O’Neal – 2:22
07. This Harsh Land – 4:14
08. God’s Trombone – 5:58
09. Blue – 1:38
10. Buckets Of Misery – 3:07
11. Pathetic – 1:28
12. Infirmary – 3:46
13. Lowville – 1:10
14. Your Quick Demise – 7:09
15. Eulogy For A Friend – 7:01

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by KMG Records.