Originating from Fayetteville, Arkansas, they recorded two albums on Enterprise. Their sound was rather specific, with the nice guitar solos of Fuzz Foster, a gritty lead singer, a dynamic rhythm section and a prominent horn section. The result is a mixture of good rock, R&B, hard rock and big band sounds.
Produced by Tim Riley and recorded at the famous Ardent Recording Studios, their first album contains some good tracks, notably Some Other Man, So Many Things, If You Can and the nine minutes of Lamp Of Love.
The engineers were all active members of the Memphis scene: John Fry (the Ardent Studios owner), Richard Rosebrough (later in Alamon and Big Star) and Terry Manning.
The personnel was Tommy Bird (lead vcls, gtr), Fuzz Foster (lead gtr, vcls), Randy Gardner (drms, perc), Blan Heath (organ, piano), Ethridge Hill (trumpet), Dick Johnson (bs, vcls), Tom Jones (no connection!) (trombone) and Dale Marlow (trumpet).
By the looks of these guys you'd think you were in store for a Lynyrd Skynyard tribute band but these Hayseeds are getting FUNKY! Some nice fuzz guitar too.... i paid a Quarter for it, you get it free bitches!
River City Street Band - S/T
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Tommy ''Bird"??
"Dick Johnson"??
who goes there?
Great horns for a rock band. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for keeping their legacy alive! My dad is an original member. (Tom Jones) everytime I listen to the albums, I only have them on CD, but have some lost tracks as well, I get excited about their history again. Luckily I can hear it from the horses mouth!
Thanks for keeping their legacy alive! My dad is an original member. (Tom Jones) everytime I listen to the albums, I only have them on CD, but have some lost tracks as well, I get excited about their history again. Luckily I can hear it from the horses mouth!
I dont suppose you would have the second album Anna Divina???? i have been wanting to hear that album since 2009.
Hey how about that question would you happen to have the second album Anna Divina we'd all love to hear it????
sorry..... i do not own that. :(
I posted the entire River City Anna Divina album up on Youtube. Listen and enjoy! These files were made by recording my original vinyl copy so it's not CD quality but it's even more charming this way! Just use Google and you'll see them listed under videos!
The transition of the River City Street Band included Steve Giles on keyboards, Billy Jett on Bass, Mike Mohney on tenor sax, and Tommy Sindon on Lead vocals, alto saxophone, and keyboards. During this period of the band after the second album the band played some of the best performances in concert as an opening act. This version of the band played the Memphis Music Awards and were featured playing the sections for the "single of the year" award. The RCSB played songs by Al Green, the Staple Singers, and others nominated that year.
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