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John Fogerty released his first solo CD, an album of covers on which he played all the instruments, under the name the "Blue Ridge Rangers," and he revives that concept on 2009's The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again. Where the first smacked of the righteous zeal of a young purist, Ride Again is a lot looser in its attack, something reflected in how it splits the difference between country and rockabilly classics and reflective numbers from '70s songwriters. These unexpected covers of John Prine, Delaney & Bonnie, and John Denver offer a peek at a sweeter, gentler Fogerty, a Fogerty who can also be heard on how he lays back instead of pushing ahead on Buck Owens' "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" and Ray Price's "I'll Be There," and even on his revamp of his own neglected swamp rocker "Change in the Weather." He can still raise an unholy ruckus, wailing his way through Gene Simmons' rockabilly classic "Haunted House" and joyously duetting with Bruce Springsteen on the Everlys' "When Will I Be Loved," but Ride Again isn't a raucous rock & roll album, it's a relaxed good time, a little bit of cheerful nostalgia that's pretty charming.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Paradise / The Blue Ridge Rangers 3:50
2 Never Ending Song of Love / The Blue Ridge Rangers 3:01
3 Garden Party / The Blue Ridge Rangers 3:51
4 I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) / The Blue Ridge Rangers 2:27
5 Back Home Again / The Blue Ridge Rangers 4:26
6 I'll Be There / The Blue Ridge Rangers 2:57
7 Change in the Weather / The Blue Ridge Rangers 4:03
8 Moody River / The Blue Ridge Rangers 3:09
9 Heaven's Just a Sin Away / The Blue Ridge Rangers 2:32
10 Fallin' Fallin' Fallin' / The Blue Ridge Rangers 2:30
11 Haunted House / The Blue Ridge Rangers 4:36
12 When Will I Be Loved / The Blue Ridge Rangers 2:37
Disc 2
1 [Untitled Track] / The Blue Ridge Rangers Bonus Track / DVD
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