Strikes (album)
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Strikes is the third album by Southern rock
band Blackfoot
, released during 1979. That album has received from the RIAA a platinum certification in April 1986.
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Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...
band Blackfoot
Blackfoot (band)
Blackfoot is a Southern rock musical ensemble from Jacksonville, Florida organized during 1970. Though they are primarily a Southern rock band, they were known also as a hard rock act....
, released during 1979. That album has received from the RIAA a platinum certification in April 1986.
Track listing
- "Road Fever" – (3:07) Medlocke/Spires
- "I Got a Line on You" – (3:17) Randy CaliforniaRandy CaliforniaRandy California was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.-Biography:...
- "Left Turn on a Red Light" – (4:35) Medlocke/Spires
- "Pay My Dues" – (3:03) Blues Image
- "Baby Blue" – (2:33) Medlocke/Hargrett/Spires
- "Wishing Well" – (3:11) Rogers/Kossoff/Yamauchi/Bundrick/Kirke
- "Run and Hide" – (3:24) Medlocke/Spires
- "Train, Train (Prelude)" – (0:36) Shorty Medlocke
- "Train, TrainTrain, Train (Blackfoot song)"Train, Train" is a song written by Blackfoot and included on their 1979 album Strikes. It is noted for its introduction, which features sound effects of a train's wheels and whistle, played on a harmonica by Blackfoot frontman Ricky Medlocke's grandfather, Shorty...
" – (2:56) Shorty Medlocke - "Highway Song" – (6:59) Medlocke/Spires
Personnel
- Ricky Medlocke - Lead Vocals; Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Slide Guitars
- Charlie Hargrett - Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars
- Greg T. Walker - Bass Guitars; Backing Vocals
- Jakson Spires - Drums; Backing Vocals
With:
- Pat McCaffrey - Keyboards
- Shorty MedlockeShorty MedlockeShorty Medlocke was an American blues and hard rock musician and composer.A descendant of the Blackfoot Confederacy, he is the grandfather of Blackfoot and Lynyrd Skynyrd lead guitarist Rickey Medlocke....
- Harmonica (Track 8) - Cub Koda - Harmonica (9)
- Donna D. Davis - Backing Vocals
- Pamela T. Vincent - Backing Vocals
- Cynthia M. Douglas - Backing Vocals
- Henry H. Bomb Wreck - Percussion