Tommy Talton
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Someone Else’s Shoes
Hittin’ The Note
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This is Tommy Talton, former co-front man with Scott Boyer of Cowboy, part of the Capricorn Records “house-band,” band mate of Gregg Allman, Bonnie Bramlett and Chuck Leavell among others, on his first solo disc after being a co-creator of so many memorable tunes with Cowboy among others. On this disc he wrote or co-wrote 12 of the 13 songs and the odd one, “How Come People Act Like That,” was written by the wonderful ubiquitous Bobby Charles. This is in some ways a continuation of his music while he was with Cowboy and at the same time, perhaps because of the time passed, a new beginning, in a comfortable place. The first 9 tracks are with one band backing him, The Rebelizers: and the reminder are with The Tommy Talton Band, and there is not a noticeable shift in the music at all. One of the many benefits of this disc is that we get to hear his very tasteful guitar
playing again, whether on acoustic or electric; lead or rhythm he has always been one of those guitar players worth listening to; he is economical and at the same time plays what must be played to make the music have that special zip
This is an extension of that loping, slightly country Southern Rock as played by Cowboy and not the blues driven Lynyrd Skynyrd and without the jazzy interludes and improvisation of The Allman Brothers, this is more Rock orientated combined with touches of Country and Bluegrass, however with intelligent lyrics that have become more story teller orientated. A very heady combination that makes for comfortable listening.