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These are Wet Willie’s third and fourth studio releases, originally on the Capricorn label. Unusual among Southern boogie bands of the 70’s, Wet Willie included a strong R&B element in its music.
Quote From AMG: “Wet Willie was, after the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd, the hardest-rocking of the Southern bands to come to attention in the early 1970s. For seven years, from 1971 until 1978, they produced an enviable array of albums awash in good-time music, rollicking high-energy blues-rock, and white Southern soul, and for their trouble they racked up just one Top Ten hit ‘Keep On Smilin’‘ (included here) – and a lot of admirers.”
‘Keep On Smilin’‘ is the definitive Wet Willie studio album. Produced by Tom Dowd, who was responsible for producing/engineering some of the greatest records to come out of Atlantic Records as well as scores of rock albums, including Cream’s 'Disraeli Gears' and Derek & The Dominos’ ‘Layla’.
‘Dixie Rock’, the follow-up album, included the band’s new backing group the Williettes, adding a gospel flavour to the proceedings. Sublime slide work from Ricky Hirsch and Jimmy Hall's mournful harp help make this one of the band's most cohesive works. Keep On Smilin'1. Country Side of Life
2. Keep on Smilin'
3. Trust in the Lord
4. Soul Sister
5. Alabama
6. Lucy Was in Trouble
7. Soul Jones
8. Don't Wait Too Long
9. Spanish Moss
10. In Our Hearts
Dixie Rock11. She's My Lady
12. Ain't He a Mess
13. Dixie Rock
14. Poor Judge of Character
15. Mama Didn't Raise No Fools
16. It's Gonna Stop Rainin' Soon
17. Jailhouse Moan
18. He Set Me Free
19. Leona
20. Take It to the Music
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