Blackfoot - Strikes (Red vinyl)
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Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Rick Medlocke
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Charlie Hargrett
Backing Vocals – Brandye
Bass, Vocals – Greg T. Walker
Drums, Vocals – Jackson Spires
Keyboards – Pat McCaffrey
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Charlie Hargrett
Percussion – Henry H. Bomb Weck
Written by Charlie Hargrett (A5), Jackson Spires (A1, A3, A5, B2, B4), Rick Medlocke (A1, A3, A5, B2, B4)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : red
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : ATCO
Recorded at Subterranean Studio, Ann Arbor, Michigan with Artisan Mobil / Sound Suite Studios, Detroit, Mich. / Bee Jay Studios, Orlando, Fla.
Engineered by Henry Weck
Produced by Al Nalli, Henry Weck
Remastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and Capitol Mastering
Originally released in 1979
Reissued in 2018
Tracks:
Side A
- Road Fever
- I Got A Line On You
- Left Turn On A Red Light
- Pay My Dues
- Baby Blue
Side B
- Wishing Well
- Run And Hide
- Train, Train (Prelude)
- Train, Train
- Highway Song
Reviews :
"After missing the boat with Lynyrd Skynyrd (for whom he played drums early on), guitarist/singer Rick Medlocke formed Blackfoot, arguably the first all-Native American rock group. The band struggled for almost a decade, playing run-of-the-mill Southern rock that they eventually injected with extra volume and attitude before signing with Atco, for whom they recorded their 1979 breakthrough Strikes. Known as a ferocious live unit and probably the heaviest of Southern rock bands (see opener "Road Fever"), Strikes also proved that Blackfoot could write great melodies for the gloomy "Left Turn on a Red Light" and the inspired cover version of Free's "Wishing Well." But the band's biggest hit would come in the form of the seven-minute "Highway Song," a tune that was admittedly very reminiscent of Skynyrd's "Freebird" and that helped drive the album to gold status. Also of note is the harmonica performance of Shorty Medlocke (Rick's grandfather) on his own blues, "Train, Train."" AllMusic Review by Eduardo Rivadavia
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 3,94 / 5