Street Party (Remastered) Black Oak Arkansas

• 1Dancing In The Streets02:37
• 2Sting Me02:50
• 3Good Good Woman03:17
• 4Jail Bait02:27
• 5Sure Been Workin' Hard03:23
• 6Son Of A Gun04:31
• 7Brink Of Creation 100:43
• 8I'm A Man03:43
• 9Goin' Home03:24
• 10Dixie03:39
• 11Everybody Wants To See Heaven Nobody Wants To Die03:08
• 12Hey Ya'll04:10
• 13Brink Of Creation 200:39
• Total Runtime38:31

Info for Street Party (Remastered)

Sixth album for Atco Records and their second highest charting album, reaching number 56 on the Billboard charts in 1974. 13 tracks total including, 'Dancing In The Streets', 'Sting Me', and 'Dixie'.

„Street Party, Black Oak Arkansas' follow-up to their most successful opus, High on the Hog, had a respectable chart performance, but in no way does the 1974 Atco release live up to the standard of the group's previous recordings. James 'Jim Dandy' Mangrum's rockin' redneck shtick simply overpowers the music on Street Party, setting the tone for a string of inferior offerings.

Eventually, the band's movement away from their Southern rock roots and into diverse and sometimes comical side-roads would cost them their relevancy and most of their audience. Too much emphasis is placed on style and musical devices, while the amount of straight-ahead Southern rock is unduly restricted. The bluegrass- and gospel-tinged 'Brink of Creation' is the only non-rocker that really works on this record. Mangrum's lazy croaking squelches many other numbers like the spiritual 'Sure Been Workin' Hard' and 'I'm a Man.'“ (Vincent Jeffries, AMG)

Jim 'Dandy' Mangrum, vocals
Harvey Jett, guitars
Stanley Knight, guitars
Rick Reynolds, guitars
Pat Daugherty, bass
Tommy Aldridge, drums

Digitally remastered

Black Oak Arkansas
Southern rockers Black Oak Arkansas never raised to same level of success enjoyed by Lynyrd Skynyrd or Molly Hatchet, but kept a strong cult following thorough the years, thanks to their charismatic vocalist, Jim Dandy Mangrum. Named after his hometown, Black Oak Arkansas eventually managed to release ten charting albums between 1971 and 1976.

Origins of Black Oak Arkansas can be traced back to late '60s, when they released one album under the name Knowbody Else, with a line-up of Mangrum in vocals; Ricky 'Ricochet' Reynolds, Stanley 'Goober' Knight, and Harvey 'Burley' Jett; on guitars, Pat Daugherty on bass and Wayne Evans on drums. In early 70’s they started using the name Black Oak Arkansas and released self-titled debut album in 1971. Album sold modestly, but the band toured extensively and gained a reputation as an exceptional live act.

Black Oak Arkansas released two albums the following year, Keep the Faith and If an Angel Came to See You, Would You Make Her Feel at Home? Both were produced by Tom Dowd, southern rock legend, who had previously worked with the The Allman Brothers Band. Album sales remained low, but with constant touring, they kept building up an enthusiastic fan base. Hard work paid off in 1973 when they released High on the Hog, which with the help of single 'Jim Dandy to the Rescue”, became their most commercially successful release.

During the mid-’70s Black Oak Arkansas kept releasing couple albums a year, but failed to repeat the success of High on The Hog. They still draw huge crowds on the U.S. concert circuit, but due to continuous personnel changes, by 1977 Mangrum was the only original member of the band and they finally called it quits in 1980 after Mangrum suffered a heart attack. During 80´s and 90’s, Black Oak Arkansas has continued touring with different line-ups up to present day and also released new studio album in 1999, called The Wild Bunch.

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