.38 Special - .38 Special (1977)

Initially, .38 Special were one of many Southern rock bands in the vein of the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd; in fact, the band was led by Donnie Van Zant, the brother of Skynyrd's leader, Ronnie Van Zant. After releasing a couple of albums of straight-ahead Southern boogie, the band revamped its sound to fall halfway between country-fried blues-rock and driving, arena-ready hard rock. 

Initialement, .38 Special était l'un des nombreux groupes de southern rock  dans la veine des  Allman Brothers et Lynyrd Skynyrd; En fait, le groupe était dirigé par Donnie Van Zant, le frère du leader de Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant. Après avoir sorti quelques albums de Southern Boogie, le groupe a réorganisé son son pour tomber à mi-chemin entre le blues country-rock et le hard rock.

Tracks :

01.    Long Time Gone (Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Ken Lyons, Donnie Van Zant)

02.    Fly Away 

03.    Around And Around (Chuck Berry) 

04.    Play A Simple Song (Jeff Carlisi, Donnie Van Zant) 

05.    Gypsy Belle 

06.    Four Wheels 

07.    Tell Everybody (Don Barnes, Donnie Van Zant)

08.    Just Hang On 

09.    I Just Wanna Rock & Roll

Line-up :

Donnie Van Zant - vocals

Don Barnes - guitars, backing vocals

Jeff Carlisi - guitars, pedal steel, dobro

 Ken Lyons - bass

Steve Brookins - drums, percussion

Jack Grondin - drums

Terry Emery - piano

Larry Junstrom - bass

Lani Groves, Joslyn Brown, Carl Hall - backing vocals

Enjoy Music :

.38 Special - .38 Special (LP)

1977