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*1/2 Tailgators

SWAMP'S UP

(Upstart)

This CD, like its cover art, is a swamp; and if the elements the Tailgators bring together were creatures, most of them, unlike their reptilean namesake, would have no business being there. Vocalist Don Leady has a barely passable blues throat, but a hideous gurgle as a punk-rocker. Some of the surf guitar playing and their grooves recall Social Distortion. The picking on "Ride of the Ruthless" signals a bastard country parentage. And the steady, deliberate features of electric Texas blues are recognizable through the distortion and punk-rock tangents.

- Marc Levy

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