The Iguanas
SUGAR TOWN
Koch - 7996
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This latest disc from the New Orleans group extends their hold as one of the most innovative and diversified groups around. Here they are mixing good old Rock and Roll with Tex-Mex rhythms, Latin beats and some Salsa thrown in for the sake of variance. This is a dance band and this is a dance your butt loose and your legs fall off disc. There is a great variety of textures on this disc and many different dances you can do.. Why not cha cha to LATIN KINGS, Salsa to LA LLANTA SE ME PONCHO, or maybe you want to do a two-step to YOU KILLED MY BUZZ. All of this disc is filled with an infectious sound that makes you want to get up and dance. It is a band that draws on the diverse backgrounds of its various members. Three of the 5 members are either contributing, or combining in various aggregates to pen all 11 tunes. The singing is done in either Spanish or English and most of the songs contain translation verses so speakers of either language can understand the meanings. Though words are not always needed as the mood is so strongly set by the music. Listen to the light, moody, and relaxing sound of SI AMANECE NOS VAMOS, (IN THE MORNING WE GO) and you can hear a sound of a Mexican beach with a wind just beginning to stir things up. There is a contained feeling on this disc as if they want to hold it back for some reason. Their live shows are a fantastic orgy of sweaty dancing and I just wished they'd let themselves take off a bit more on this disc. That said it is a solid effort that shows an advance in their sound and it is very diverse and interesting sound. Quite a relief from much of the sound alike discs being released.
Produced by - Rene' Coman & the Iguanas
Songs, times, and writers
1 CAPTURED - 3:58 - Coman
2 LA LLANTA SE ME PONCHO - 4:02 - Hodges
3 BORN AGAIN DEVIL - 3:50 - Hodges/Coman
4 LOVE TERRIFIES ME - 4:06 - Coman/Hodges
5 DEAR WALTER - 4:05 - Hodges
6 LA GUERA FELIX - 3:56 - Cabral/Hodges/Coman
7 LATIN KINGS - 4:16 - Coman
8 FIRE & GASOLINE - 4:50 - Hodges/Cabral
9 YOU KILLED MY BUZZ - 3:27 - Hodges
10 SI AMANECE NOS VAMOS - 4:47 - Hodges
11 ARRIMATE - 4:54 - Hodges/Cabral/Coman
Musicians
Rene' Coman - bass, piano, organ, tambourine, bells, maracas, guitar
Derek Huston - tenor, alto, baritone saxophone, organ on YOU KILLED MY BUZZ
Joe Cabral - lead and harmony vocals, tenor saxophone, bajo sexto, cylinder, guiro, bass on BORN AGAIN DEVIL
Doug Garrison - drums, timbales, hand drums, cowbell, shaker, triangle
Rod Hodges - lead and harmony vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, accordion, harmonica
additional musicians
Mark Mullins - trombone on ARRIMATE, FIRE & GASOLINE, and LOVE TERRIFIES ME
Marisa Rodriguez - harmony vocals on SI AMANECE NOS VAMOS
Jeff Treffinger - guitar on CAPTURED