Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
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Uncle Elijah | Black Oak Arkansas | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Memories At the Window | Black Oak Arkansas | 4:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Hills of Arkansas | Black Oak Arkansas | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Could Love You | Black Oak Arkansas | 5:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hot and Nasty | Black Oak Arkansas | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Singing the Blues | Black Oak Arkansas | 2:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lord Have Mercy On My Soul | Black Oak Arkansas | 6:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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When Electricity Came to Arkansas | Black Oak Arkansas | 5:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
Produced by Iron Butterfly's Lee Dorman and Mike Pinera, Black Oak Arkansas introduced a three-guitar thunderstorm underpinning the scary basso profundo growls of lead singer Jim "Dandy" Mangrum. This was a sound unlike any other on the then-nascent Southern rock scene. With songs like "Hot and Nasty," "Lord Have Mercy on My Soul," and an otherworldly cover of Guy Mitchell's hit "Singing the Blues," Black Oak found a cult following through incessant touring with the likes of the Allman Brothers Band. This is not pretty music, but it does have a propulsive kick to it, with the guitars going in several directions at once while Jim Dandy's Howlin' Wolf-influenced vocals lay out a strange blend of macho sexual and religious imagery. Although the sound would quickly become cartoonish over subsequent releases, this initial release contained the spark of the new and different.
Customer Reviews
In the vanguard of Southern Rock
This is a great album! It has, as do most groups' first albums, a rawness and edge that hadn't been airbrushed out with later, more expensive production. The sound is, in places, more like hillbilly country with rock undertones, owing to some of the members' small-town roots in northeastern Arkansas, while in other places the listener can hear the Delta blues influence the band would have drawn from its black neighbors. It's not the same Southern Rock sound that would be more refined by later groups like Lynyrd Skynyrd, but one can definitely hear the blossoming of the genre in the music. "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" is definitely a rocking instrumental party song, while "Uncle Elijah" and "The Hills of Arkansas" draw from the group's country roots. Jim "Dandy" Mangrum's vocals aren't as smooth and refined as singers like Gregg Allman or Ronnie Van Zandt, but they have an edge that make Black Oak Arkansas' sound unique among Southern rockers. Definitely an album worth getting.
After all these years, it's finally on CD!
All right! It's about time this album became available. After years of most of their original albums not being available on CD, I gave up my monthly checks. I was surprised when iTunes actually found cover art for the tracks I recorded of my LP. This is a fantastic album for any fan of hard southern blues rock, mountain music, or psychedelic freak-out hippy music. No kiddin'.
Power Unleashed
Saw these guys play the Memphis State Homecoming concert in 1970, warming up for the James Gang.....and they blew the James Gang right off the stage. They were called back for encore after encore....Hot and Nasty! The set they played that night was the playlist on this album....the guitars thundering, the drums pulsing, and Jim Dandy's washboard adding a machine-gun staccato. I went out and bought this album at an all-night record store immediately after that concert. Never before or ever since have I seen that much energy poured out on stage. Bravo Black Oak! Bravo!
Biography
Formed: 1970 in AR
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s
Top Albums and Songs By Black Oak Arkansas
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Jim Dandy | Hot and Nasty: The Best of Black Oak Arkansas | 2:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lord Have Mercy On My Soul | Black Oak Arkansas | 6:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Jim Dandy | Rhino Hi-Five - Black Oak Arkansas - EP | 2:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Jim Dandy | Dazed and Confused (Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2:42 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Uncle Elijah | Black Oak Arkansas | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hot and Nasty | Hot and Nasty: The Best of Black Oak Arkansas | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hot and Nasty | Black Oak Arkansas | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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When Electricity Came to Arkansas | Black Oak Arkansas | 5:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Singing the Blues | Black Oak Arkansas | 2:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lord Have Mercy On My Soul | Hot and Nasty: The Best of Black Oak Arkansas | 6:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $6.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Arena Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock
- Released: Mar 1971
- ℗ 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Mar
