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Happiness and All the Other Things

Cross Canadian Ragweed

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Similar to California’s Mother Hips, this Stillwater, Oklahoma quartet has garnered an army of dedicated fans the old fashioned way: incessant recording and touring. Happiness and All the Other Things is their tenth album and boasts 17 red-dirt country songs. The roots-rocking “51 Pieces,” opens with a slow-burning Americana romp that grooves hard on a grinding Hammond organ, Cody Canada’s whiskey-steeped rasp and twangy guitars blasting out from vintage tube-burning amps. “Blue Bonnets” gets mellow with a Dobro sliding over bass and acoustic guitar as Canada’s weathered drawl sings idyllic lyrics of pastoral romance. “Kick In the Head” is a standout twang-rocker that sounds like Steve Earle unearthing a lost Eagles tune. Live tracks include a stellar cover of Willie Nelson’s “Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground” and Kevin Welch’s “Train to Birmingham.” Not only is Happiness and All the Other Things a perfect way to celebrate the band’s 15 year anniversary — it’s a damn good album from start to finish.

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Please Bring Back The Attitude

I am a huge CCR fan. They are one of the best live bands around. I never miss them when they roll through town. This CD is not what I expected. It's worse than the last CD. After Purple and Garage I was really hoping they would continue to get better. Guess they are just slowing things down. Not a fan of this CD.

The next step in the evolution of a great rock n roll band

This album is definitely different from their previous offerings, but if you listen to their prior work in order, you can hear the progression. One thing that MUST be understood is that these guys are not a country band. I prefer not to pigeinhole them at all, but they certainly come closer to fitting the bill of a southern rock band. The album starts on a very "high" note with "51 Pieces", the story of an incident in which the OH State Police searched their bus and found a large collection of paraphernalia...That goes straight into Bluebonnets, which is introduced by Cody's son, the subject of the song. Both these songs are excellent, although the pacing (and subject matter) are polar opposites. Burn Like The Sun is a 5 star effort. To Find My Love and Drag are both solid tunes (TFML features Jeremy Plato on vocals) but just don't really stand out to me. Kick In The Head feels like the follow up tune to "Bones" (off Mission California). Overtable and Overtable Interlude are very different from what some fans might expect, I heard a strong Queens of The Stone Age influence in them, but they really work as a lead-in to Pretty Lady. Confident feels like a song I've heard before but didn't care enough to remember. I like it, but it's a long way from being on repeat. My Chances is a beautiful song and earns a 4.5 star mark from me, but the cover of Warren Zevon's "Carmelita" is an absolute stand out. If I had 3 thumbs that's how many thumbs up I'd give it. Unreal. The live tracks are all excellent, with Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground & Train To Birmingham really standing out. Most of the songs are 4 star tracks at least, but to me, Pretty Lady & Confident hold it back from being quite a 5 star album. I would rather have heard maybe one of their Neal Young covers in place of one, and just leave the other off. That said, I don't hate those songs, I don't even skip them. It's just that in an album of 4 and 5 star songs, a couple of 3 star songs stand out. Bottom line is this: The kind of Ragweed fans who show up to concerts and scream for "Carney Man" all night long, will probably hate it and call the band a bunch of sellouts, and that might not be a bad thing.

Who is this band?

I first want to start by saying how much I do love this band since by my boy Fox Box introduced me to them back in 2003. However, I would compare this CD to listening to an audio book. The songs are slow, and never pick up. I can leave the room one minute, come back and I am still listening to the same lyrics. I think this CD is a discredit to this band's ability and past music. I have supported this band and will try to continue but if this is the direction the train is going, I want off.

Biography

Formed: 1994 in Stillwater, OK

Genre: Country

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Cross Canadian Ragweed established themselves as a relentless touring band throughout the Texas/Oklahoma area and then broadened their reach, nationally releasing several albums of rabble-rousing alt-country. Formed in 1994 in Stillwater, OK, the band took its name from those of its members: frontman and lead guitarist Cody Canada, drummer Randy Ragsdale, rhythm guitarist Grady Cross, and bassist Jeremy Plato. Though the band toured heavily from its inception, establishing a particularly strong fan...
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