Trailer Tracks: 18 Classic Southern Rock Anthems!

by Trailer Tracks: 18 Classic Sout

Overview

If you can get past the cheesy cover and the borderline offensive title, Trailer Tracks is a great AOR collection. The subtitle bills the disc as 18 Classic Southern Rock Anthems, which is a bit of a stretch since many of the bands are from such non-Southern places as Flint, MI (Grand Funk Railroad), Los Angeles (Steppenwolf), Delaware (George Thorogood), Dunfermline, Scotland (Nazareth), London, England (Free), and Winnipeg, Canada (Bachman-Turner Overdrive). Probably 18 Classic Rock Anthems would have been a better title because regardless of where the artists hail from there are some great songs here. With the exception of "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle, all of the tracks could be found blasting out of car radios in the 1970s and early '80s (and beyond if your area is blessed with a good AOR station) at beaches, parks, and parking lots all over the U.S.A. It is cool to have tracks like "Flirtin' With Disaster" by Molly Hatchet, "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth, "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh, "Move It on Over" by George Thorogood & the Destroyers, and "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers Band all rounded up in the same place. One might contest the inclusion of the aforementioned Earle track as well as "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band, which is hardly an AOR staple and really never needs to be heard again, but overall, Trailer Tracks is hard rock-solid and a cooler full of ice-cold fun. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2003
Label:	Utv
UPC:	0044006952628
Rank:	84201

Tracks

1. Sweet Home Alabama  - Ed King  -  Lynyrd Skynyrd  - Gary Rossington  - Ronnie VanZant
2. The Devil Went Down to Georgia  - Tom Crain  - Charlie Daniels  -  Daniels  - Taz DeGregorio  - Fred Edwards  - Charlie Hayward  - James Marshall
3. China Grove  -  Doobie Brothers  - Tom Johnston
4. Mississippi Queen  - Corky Laing  -  Mountain  - Felix Pappalardi  - David Rea  - Leslie West
5. Move It on Over  -  Thorogood  - Hank Williams
6. Tuff Enuff  -  Fabulous Thunderbirds  - Kim Wilson
7. Flirtin' With Disaster  - Danny Joe Brown  - Dave Hlubek  -  Molly Hatchet  - Banner Thomas
8. Born to Be Wild  - Mars Bonfire  -  Steppenwolf
9. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky  - Stan Jones  -  Outlaws
10. Copperhead Road  - Steve Earle
11. Rocky Mountain Way  - Rocke Grace  - Kenny Passarelli  - Joe Vitale  - Joe Walsh
12. Dixie Chicken  - Lowell George  - Martin Kibbee  -  Little Feat  - Fred Martin
13. Dixie Rock  - Jack Hall  - Jim Hall  - Ricky Hirsch  -  Wet Willie
14. Whipping Post  -  Allman Brothers Band  - Gregg Allman
15. Takin' Care of Business  -  Bachman Turner Overdrive  - Randy Bachman
16. Hair of the Dog  - Pete Agnew  - Manny Charlton  - Dan McCafferty  -  Nazareth  - Darrell Sweet
17. All Right Now  - Andy Fraser  -  Free  - Paul Rodgers
18. We're an American Band  - Don Brewer  -  Grand Funk Railroad

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Fabulous Thunderbirds   Primary Artist
Bachman-Turner Overdrive   Primary Artist
Lynyrd Skynyrd   Primary Artist
Free   Primary Artist
The Charlie Daniels Band   Primary Artist
Wet Willie   Primary Artist
Little Feat   Primary Artist
Nazareth   Primary Artist
Mountain   Primary Artist
George Thorogood & the Destroyers   Primary Artist
Grand Funk Railroad   Primary Artist
The Allman Brothers Band   Primary Artist
Joe Walsh   Primary Artist
Outlaws   Primary Artist
Molly Hatchet   Primary Artist
Steppenwolf   Primary Artist
Steve Earle   Primary Artist
The Doobie Brothers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ed King   Composer
Felix Pappalardi   Composer
Charlie Hayward   Composer
Gary Rossington   Composer
Jeff Moskow   Compilation Producer
Doug Schwartz   Digital Mastering
Charles Hayward   Composer
Rocke Grace   Composer
Leslie West   Composer
Jim Hall   Composer
Ricky Hirsch   Composer
Randy Bachman   Composer
Dave Hlubek   Composer
Martin Kibbee   Composer
Tom Crain   Composer
Tom Johnston   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Banner Thomas   Composer
Manny Charlton   Composer
Dan McCafferty   Composer
Darrell Sweet   Composer
Lowell T. George   Composer
Kenny Passarelli   Composer
Kim Wilson   Composer
Mars Bonfire   Composer
Don Brewer   Composer
Fred Edwards   Composer
Fred Martin   Composer
Gregg Allman   Composer
Charlie Daniels   Composer
Joe Vitale   Composer
Joe Walsh   Composer
David Rea   Composer
James Marshall   Composer
Lowell George   Composer
Pete Agnew   Composer
Ronnie Van Zant   Composer
Adam Starr   Product Manager
Danny Joe Brown   Composer
Jack Hall   Composer
Ute Friesleben   Production Coordination
John Crain   Composer
Taz DeGregorio   Composer
Randolf Charles Bachman   Composer
Laurence Laing   Composer
William Digregorio   Composer
Darrell Anthony Sweet   Composer
Stan Jones   Composer
Paul Rodgers   Composer
Andy Fraser   Composer
Steve Earle   Composer
Corky Laing   Composer