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Rock of the Westies
Rock · 1975 · 8 tracks

Rock of the Westies

A gritty, guitar-heavy pivot recorded with a new band. Harder edges and street-level stories replace the cinematic grandeur of his earlier seventies work.

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Aggressive transition

A muscular, dual-guitar grit replaces the classic backing lineup on this aggressive, R&B-inflected collection. The music trades the polished, cinematic grandeur of his previous records for a restless, street-level energy driven by heavy, syncopated rhythms and boogie-woogie piano.

Rock of the Westies · vs · Elton John
Dive Bar+4.0σ

Dive Bar saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
Medley: Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly
6:16
02
Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)
3:30
04
Grow Some Funk of Your Own
4:46
05
I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford)
5:31
06
Street Kids
6:23
07
Hard Luck Story
5:16
08
Feed Me
4:01
09
Billy Bones and the White Bird
4:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
04Grow Some Funk of Your OwnThe driving, hard-rock guitar attack on 'Grow Some Funk of Your Own' pushes the piano into a supporting role.
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