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| Artist: Mudcrutch
Label: Warner Bros.
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 365
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 455868
UPC: 093624987338
EAN: 0093624987338
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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 Worth The Wait July 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any true Tom Petty fan will absolutely love what they hear on this recording. Everything I could ask and more. Tom and his buddies of Mudcrutch prove that the "Powers That Be" did'nt know any more back then, about what a great album should sound like than they do now.
Man! This is a good album! July 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a fan of Tom Petty ( though NOT Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- go figure!). I've listened to both albums one after another numerous times & the Heatbreakers always leave me cold, but Tom Petty's work is terrific (except for "Highway Companion" which I thought was a bunch of tunes that didn't make it onto other TP albums- for good reason!).
I love Tom Petty's work in the Traveling Wilburys, too...
I didn't know anything about Mudcrutch; didn't know I was "waiting " for it!
This sounds to me very much like a lot of the music that came out of San Francisco in the late 60's & early 70's. That musical era/ musical explosion of ideas ushered in what was probably the most creative & & far reaching period in American music!
That's a pretty serious legacy to call upon & these guys deliver! I loved the choices they made too! The songs are, of course mainly written by Tom Petty, but they fit in so well with the ones that were written by someone else (Including a Roger Mcguinn tune!).
The playing sounds like an album that was recorded in 1970 & inexplicably forgotten, then remastered "last week" & released. It's clean & well thought out- Nothing there that doesn't need to be there; everything there that does! Perhaps that's "maturity" in evidence. I don't know.
The vocals, again are mostly Tom Petty, but other voices come to the fore to add a vocal richness that is not evident on Heartbreaker albums.
There are a couple of "Heartbreakers" with Petty on this album, but it's the "new" people that flesh out the sound so effectively & so satisfyingly. This is a "must" for any sort of Tom Petty fan.
 They Get That Grateful Dead Vibe Going...On Some of the Record July 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've always liked Tom Petty, although at times, he tends to be content to flow in the mainstream. Looking at a recent setlist from his current tour, it consists mostly of his big hits. Nothing wrong with big hits, but for me, Petty shines best when he veers off the beaten path a little and does things like The Traveling Wilburys, or jams with Dylan, etc.
I'll confess right now that I haven't purchased every single Tom Petty record because several are kind of mainstream and at times, less than consistent. That said, I do own a handful of his albums that have held up nicely over time.
When this "side project" (it really isn't, in that the lineup is 90% Heartbreakers, but I digress) record came out, some reviewers commented that it evokes an early Grateful Dead vibe, and I read several comparisons to "American Beauty". That being an all time classic record, I decided to buy Mudcrutch.
Jerry Garcia always enjoyed playing the old bluegrass standard "Shady Grove", and recorded it on several albums with his bluegrass buddy David "Dawg" Grisman.
Mudcrutch begins, appropriately, with a good interpretation of "Shady Grove". Then, there's a couple of so-so songs, but the Grateful Dead vibe really kicks in full throttle with "Crystal River". That song, along with at least 3 or 4 more, retains the Grateful Dead spirit, even extending the jams to nearly 10 minutes.
Out of 14 songs on the record, there are 2 or 3 throwaways, but overall, Mudcrutch is Petty and his buddies at their best.
Worth a Listen July 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The obvious elephant in the room with this project is Tom Petty. But, this is far from just a Tom Petty project. This disc is lovingly put together by old friends simply for the joy of music, and the joy of being together.
Lead off track, Shady Grove..( vocals here by Tom Leadon ) sets the stage. It is a comfortable interpretation of a well known song, and Leadons voice fits right in with the bands chugging along style. The second track, Scare Easy sounds the most like it came from a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers disc. Pettys mournful drawl is well suited for this track, and his pursuit for music with values, and his well documented disdain for the music industry is well suited to the lyrics. As one who has never backed down, it is easy to believe Petty doesn't "Scare Easy".
Other stand out tracks are the Roger McGuinn/ Jacques Levy penned:Lover of the Bayou, and Pettys: Crystal River. Both have that loose, in studio feel so absent from todays music. They allow the songs to lead them to just the right point,and then they are done.
I would compare this album to Neil Young and Crazy Horse... Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Both these works have a " band feel ", despite a major solo artist being involved. No leaders here, just musicians.This CD is a delight you will return to for a long time to come.
Maybe these guys checked their egos at the door. Sure sounds like it.
petty July 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is Tom Petty in his groove. It's very easy listening, very good road-trip music. I liked Highway Companion, this reminds me of it. I'm not sure where the name Mudcrutch came from, or why he didn't publish under his own name, but Tom's fingerprints are all over this CD. It's a great buy.
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