Jambalaya - High Rollers and Other Fine Ladies

Name: Jambalya
Album: High Rollers and Other Fine Ladies
Year: 1973
Style: Southern Blues, Country
Similar Bands: Ace, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd
"One-Word" Review: Swamp Root Country
Based Out Of: Libertyville, IL
Label: A&M

Cover, Lyrics, Record

Back, Lyrics, Record

High Rollers and Other Fine Ladies (1973)

1. High Roller 3:30
2. Lady Lightning 3:52
3. Lovin' You 3:19 (single)
4. Sweet Marie 3:22
5. She's A Driver 3:47 /
6. Sheriff Johnson 4:05
7. Backwater Children 4:35
8. Never the Wind 4:45
9. Angry Tiger 4:48

Album Rating (1-10): 6.0

Members & Other Bands:

• Peter Mac Ian - Lead Vox, Piano, Organ, Clavinet (Frane Golde, Doug Parkinson, The City)
• Charles Ray - Vox, Drums, Percussion
• Erik Scott - Vox, Bass (Alice Cooper, Flo & Eddie) 
• Billy Steele - Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Dobro (Mo McGuire, Franne Golde, Tonio K, Alice Cooper, the Honeys, Steve Perry)
• James Egan - Rhythm & 6-12 String Guitar
• Thomas Jefferson Kaye - Producer
• Roger "The Immortal" Nichols - Engineer
• Carl E Huston - Equipment Man
• Roy Shaffer - Equipment Man
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Pedal Steel Guitar (Four on the Floor, Steely Dan, The Best, Doobie Brothers, Louisiana Gator Boys, Texas Toad Lickers, Tupelo Bone, Ultimate Spinach, more)
• Joe Giuliani - Engineer
• Roland Young - Art Direction
• Mick Haggerty - Design
• Rod Dyer - Design

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band, but it reminds me of the other recently reviewed record, the Joey "King" Carrasco record, just with a rockabilly twist with the pin-up girls, dice, chips and leopard prink background. My guess for this record is swing, rockabilly tracks that probably step too far into country.

Album Review: The record is much more in line with southern country/blues rock, and does not really touch rockabilly at all. The stand out track i selected was because it sounds a lot like the FlashMan theme from Mega Man 2...so it literally stood out from the first time i heard it. Looks like this is the only release from this band, and there is not much info out there about them.

Stand Out Track: Blackwater Children

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