| Louisiana Rock & Roll | ||||
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| Released | January 1973 | |||
| Studio | Deep South Recording Studio | |||
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| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Janus | |||
| Producer | Jim Brown | |||
| Potliquor chronology | ||||
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Louisiana Rock & Roll is the third album by American southern rock band Potliquor. It was released in 1973.
At least one newspaper had begun reporting Louisiana Rock & Roll's release at the end of January,[1] and by early February 1973, Janus Records had placed a full color ad across the bottom of the front page of Billboard Magazine promoting new albums by three of their artists, including Louisiana Rock & Roll.[2][3] A week later, a full page advertisement appeared in Billboard concerning new albums by eleven Chess/Janus artists, among them being Potliquor's new LP,.[4] In fact, an early release of "Waiting for Me at the River", a single from the album, had been reported as a regional breakout in New Orleans in October of the previous year.[5] By the end of March, Billboard was reporting considerable airplay for Louisiana Rock & Roll in Valdosta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; Hartford, Connecticut;[6] St. Charles, Missouri;[7] Paris, Texas; Denver, Colorado;[8] and Toronto, Canada.[9] "H", another single from the album, was reported being played in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in the middle of March 1973.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Can't Get There from Here" | Casey Kelly | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Waitin' for Me at the River" | George Ratzlaff | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Taj and Jimmy's Blues" | Taj Mahal, Al Smith, Jimmy Reed | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Rip It Up" | Marascalco Blackwell | 2:32 |
| 5. | "H" | Les Wallace, Lauretta Wallace | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Louisiana Rock 'n' Roll" | George Ratzlaff | 3:21 |
| 7. | "St. Jude's Blues" | Jerry Amoroso | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Born Under a Bad Sign" | Booker T. Jones, William Bell | 5:21 |
| 9. | "Guitar Boogie" | George Ratzlaff | 3:35 |
| 10. | "For You" | Les Wallace | 4:37 |
Personnel
- Jerry Amoroso – drums, vocals, percussion
- George Ratzlaff – keyboards, vocals
- Guy Schaeffer – bass guitar, vocals
- Les Wallace – guitars, vocals
- Leon Medica – bass guitar, vocals
Additional musicians
- Cy Frost – horn arrangement on “Rip It Up,” string arrangement and piano on intro to "For You," clavinet and Moog synthesizer on "H”
- Glenn Spreen – horn and string arrangements except for "Rip It Up"
- Uncle Buck Wood – fiddle on "You Can't Get There From Here"
- Gail and David Amoroso – handclaps on "Waiting for Me"
- Lee Fortier – horns
- Art DeCesare – horns
- Bud Brasher – horns
- Pete Verbois – horns
- Bill Ludwig – horns
- Nick Rousse – horns
- Charlie Depuy – horns
- Strings on "For You" – a combined section of the New Orleans Symphony and Baton Rouge Symphony
Production
- Jim Brown – producer
- Cy Frost – production consultant, recording engineer
- Peter Granet – remix engineer
- F. Alessandrini – artwork
- J. W. deBuys – photography
- Dawn Studios (New Orleans) – album cover design
- Mia Krinsky – album coordination
- Bob Scerbo – production coordinator
References
- ↑ "RPM's – Steve Goodman's New Album is Out". Terre Haute (IN) Tribune-Star. January 27, 1973. p. 3A.
- ↑ "Advertisement". Billboard. February 10, 1973. p. 1.
- ↑ "RPMs-Steve Goodman's New Album is Out". Terre Haute (IN) Tribune. January 27, 1973. p. 15.
- ↑ "Advertisement". Billboard. February 17, 1973. p. 7.
- ↑ "Action Records". Billboard. October 7, 1972.
- ↑ "FM Action". Billboard. February 17, 1973.
- ↑ Sutherland, Sam (March 3, 1973). "What's Happening". Billboard. p. 46.
- ↑ "FM Action Picks". Billboard. March 3, 1973. p. 106.
- ↑ "FM Action Picks". Billboard. March 17, 1973.
- ↑ Sutherland, Sam (March 10, 1973). "Campus News". Billboard. p. 25.
External links
- Louisiana Rock & Roll at AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2016.