Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Rudy McNeely - Stars & Bars (1976)



And another great little contribution by my French connection: this is Rudy McNeely, who I know absolutely nothing about. So, let me tell you what I hear and read. First off, it's a find alright. Vocally not too strong, but this is the kind of Southern Rock that I want to hear. Yes, the kind where they actually spend time on the arrangements. Very tasty stuff, excellent performance. Cool guitar bits and keyboards and real pleasant songs. This features guitarist Chris Leuzinger, who went on to become a star sideman on his own. Rudy, besides singing, plays guitar and piano. There's clavinet (I love that) and more keyboards played by Dwight Scott. And other musicians are: Jamie Nichol - percussion; Steve Krawcyzn - drums & Richard Brannan - bass. This is just plain good old (old school) Southern Rock. I'll have more of these any day! It'll get ya movin!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never heard about it, quite good nevertheless. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

There's a reason the vocals sound like they do, on this album : these are the "scratch" vocals, and the monitor mixes, to boot. That's right, back in 1976, an associate got the brilliant idea to press the album, before it was even finished. But, thanks, for your kind words, regarding a 35-year old album, done by, at the time, a 19-year old kid.

Rudy McNeely

Anonymous said...

Just don't be selling it.....unless you're sending me a check. Rudy

Skydogg said...

Hi Rudy. Great to hear from you. Maybe you could tell us a bit more about your musical history? And did you record more than this album? Maybe something nice for sharing on this blog. The blog where nobody pays for nothing, nobody's getting rich, all ad free: it's a free-for-all!

Cheers,
Harley

Anonymous said...

great southern stuff. Considering the story above, the vocals are really good..hope to hear more stories from Rudy.
Marc

Anonymous said...

Hey Rudy!
It's Sinde -- Remember I stayed at your house back in '77. I was in your band for awhile. I've always wondered what happened to you! Remember Nelson? I'll hit you up on FB. Talk to you soon!

Anonymous said...

i found this lp in nashville about 15 years ago still sealed.i had to buy it and play the virgin vinyl.i was very happy to hear a great lp one of my favs to this day. jason

Rudy McNeely said...

Hey....sorry to be so long getting back to you. Take too long to explain.

Tell you what...anybody have any questions feel free to email me :

RMcTN2@aol.com

Anonymous said...

Lo estoy escuchando ahora mismo por primera vez...me parece un disco estupendo. Gracias por el descubrimiento.

Skydogg said...

Glad you like it, enjoy!