REBEL TRAIN
LAYING TRACKS / NO STOPPING NOW
Titles :
LAYING TRACKS :
Rebel Train / Troubled Water / Bunin' Mississippi / Everything's OK / Jesus Saves / Breakin' Bread / Keep On Walkin' / Daddy / Midnight Rider / Memphis,TN /I knew That / Music Is All We Need

NO STOPPING NOW :
Rumblin' Train / Long TimeChorus / You Can't Knock Me Down / I'm Feelin' Fine / Saturday Night Special / A Beer Song / Drink My Wine / Dreaming Day / Faith / Lost My Mind / Sympathy / Oh Steven

Musicians :
Steve Kyle : guitar, vocals
Barry : Barry
Nathan : bass
Bob : drums


These guys from Missourri (St Louis) propose a " Hard-Southern Rock n' Roll of the very first plan, filled in with a wild energy, a kind of "primitive southern rock" ala Zakk Wild.
The 1st album ("Laying tracks") which came out in '99, already had these powerful songs, such as "Troubled water", "Burning Mississipi", or "Keep on walkin'" (with a slide guitar souding close to the Black Crowes), but also had cool moments with "Daddy" or the intro from "Memphis TN", where our rebels start singing the first verse from "Amazing Grace" acapella, waouhh !! These guys are real southern men, with a wink to the Allman Brothers, with "Midnight Riders".
"No stopping now", their 2nd album came out in 2000, confirming they were a great band, the sound and the production improved. The influences are even more obvious  than on the first album, "Long time" sends us back 20 years ago to the Blackfoot era. "A beer song" and "Drink wy wine" are the traditionnal southern cliches. Notice the great Lynyrd Skynyrd cover "Saturday Night Special", which is to me, one of the best cover I've ever heard. They added their own musicality to the original spirit. The vocals reminds me Ronnie VanZant, and Steve Kyle is certainly a Gary Rossington's fan. As we'll probably never see them in Europe, I'm listening "Long Time" again, so good !!
John Molet



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