DAN BAIRD
''OUT OF MOTHBALLS''
FEBRUARY 12 2008
42:13
1 /Rock This Place/2:30
2 /Picture on the Wall/3:51
3 /Memphis/5:03
4 /Any Little Thing/4:33
5 /Shine a Light/3:52
6 /Little Stories/3:31
7 /Trouble Comin'/3:19
8 /Lock and Key/4:01
9 /Seventh Son
Willie Dixon/3:20
10 /Shake It Wild/4:11
REVIEW
By ROVI
In a just world, Dan Baird would be a big ol' rock star, regularly setting stadium-sized crowds into a boogie frenzy with his hot-wired rootsy raunch. However, ever since the Georgia Satellites' Open All Night dropped off the charts, the mainstream has had little use for Baird, but Out of Mothballs, a collection of outtakes and rarities from Baird's archives, offers further proof that the man knows how to get on the good foot and crank out the groove for anyone who cares to listen. Featuring a pair of Georgia Satellites tunes cut for a best-forgotten John Stamos movie in 1990, and a handful of songs that didn't make the cut for Baird's solo albums Buffalo Nickel and Love Songs for the Heart of Hearing, Out of Mothballs may have been stitched together from leftovers, but nearly everything here rocks loud and proud, and it hangs together with road-worn ease just like the man's best albums. If "Rock This Place" or "Shine a Light" don't get your party started, you're either deaf or just don't like this rock & roll stuff, while "Shake It Wild" is a good and greasy exercise in swamp rock, "Lock and Key" lifts the Rolling Stones' guitar sound so well you might wonder if Keith Richard and Mick Taylor were lurking in the background somewhere, "Any Little Thing" shows the man can wear his heart on his sleeve without losing the plot, and the cover of "Memphis" throws Johnny Rivers into overdrive and makes you like it. Some of the material on Out of Mothballs was rescued from old cassettes and the sound quality isn't quite up to audiophile standards, but it will sound just right when you crank up the volume, and the howling guitars and Baird's cocky Southern drawl are a winning combo from front to back.
BIOGRAPHY
By Greg Prato
Dan Baird was the frontman for late-'80s roots rock/one-hit wonders the Georgia Satellites, before launching his own solo career. Born on December 12, 1953, in San Diego, CA, but raised in Atlanta, GA, Baird picked up the guitar early on and began playing with local bands during his teenage years. By December of 1980, Baird had formed the Georgia Satellites (who would eventually consist of both Baird and Rick Richards on vocals/guitar, Rick Price on bass, and Mauro Magellan on drums). The quartet quickly found their musical niche -- a bar band version of such classic three-chord rockers as AC/DC and the Rolling Stones -- and in 1985 issued their debut recording, an independently issued six-song EP titled Keeping the Faith.
The mini-album helped land the Satellites a recording contract with Elektra, which led to the release of their full-length, self-titled major-label debut a year later. It took a while for the album to pick up steam, but it eventually became a surprise platinum certified hit by the summer of 1987, due to the number five hit single "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," and another popular single/video, "Battleship Chains." Baird and the Satellites issued two more releases during the late '80s, 1988's Open all Night and 1989's In the Land of Salvation and Sin, but neither matched the success of their self-titled debut, and led to the group's split by the dawn of the '90s.
It didn't take long for Baird to regain his footing and begin a solo career, as evidenced by 1991's Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired (issued on Rick Rubin's Def American label). The album appeared to put Baird back on the right track commercially, as it spawned a popular single/video with "I Love You Period." But a long break ensued before the appearance of his sophomore solo effort, 1996's Buffalo Nickel, which sunk from sight shortly after release (the same year, the Georgia Satellites re-formed, but without Baird). He set his sights on producing and/or guesting on other artist's recordings, including Fred Haring's This Grand Parade, Will Hoge's Carousel, and Chris Knight's Pretty Good Guy. Baird, along with his group the Yayhoos (which formed in the midst of the unsuccessful Buffalo Nickel tour), released two albums: 2001's Fear Not the Obvious and 2006's Put the Hammer Down. Out of Mothballs, a collection of outtakes and rarities, appeared early in 2008, followed later in the year by Dan Baird & the Homemade Sin.
''OUT OF MOTHBALLS''
FEBRUARY 12 2008
42:13
1 /Rock This Place/2:30
2 /Picture on the Wall/3:51
3 /Memphis/5:03
4 /Any Little Thing/4:33
5 /Shine a Light/3:52
6 /Little Stories/3:31
7 /Trouble Comin'/3:19
8 /Lock and Key/4:01
9 /Seventh Son
Willie Dixon/3:20
10 /Shake It Wild/4:11
REVIEW
By ROVI
In a just world, Dan Baird would be a big ol' rock star, regularly setting stadium-sized crowds into a boogie frenzy with his hot-wired rootsy raunch. However, ever since the Georgia Satellites' Open All Night dropped off the charts, the mainstream has had little use for Baird, but Out of Mothballs, a collection of outtakes and rarities from Baird's archives, offers further proof that the man knows how to get on the good foot and crank out the groove for anyone who cares to listen. Featuring a pair of Georgia Satellites tunes cut for a best-forgotten John Stamos movie in 1990, and a handful of songs that didn't make the cut for Baird's solo albums Buffalo Nickel and Love Songs for the Heart of Hearing, Out of Mothballs may have been stitched together from leftovers, but nearly everything here rocks loud and proud, and it hangs together with road-worn ease just like the man's best albums. If "Rock This Place" or "Shine a Light" don't get your party started, you're either deaf or just don't like this rock & roll stuff, while "Shake It Wild" is a good and greasy exercise in swamp rock, "Lock and Key" lifts the Rolling Stones' guitar sound so well you might wonder if Keith Richard and Mick Taylor were lurking in the background somewhere, "Any Little Thing" shows the man can wear his heart on his sleeve without losing the plot, and the cover of "Memphis" throws Johnny Rivers into overdrive and makes you like it. Some of the material on Out of Mothballs was rescued from old cassettes and the sound quality isn't quite up to audiophile standards, but it will sound just right when you crank up the volume, and the howling guitars and Baird's cocky Southern drawl are a winning combo from front to back.
BIOGRAPHY
By Greg Prato
Dan Baird was the frontman for late-'80s roots rock/one-hit wonders the Georgia Satellites, before launching his own solo career. Born on December 12, 1953, in San Diego, CA, but raised in Atlanta, GA, Baird picked up the guitar early on and began playing with local bands during his teenage years. By December of 1980, Baird had formed the Georgia Satellites (who would eventually consist of both Baird and Rick Richards on vocals/guitar, Rick Price on bass, and Mauro Magellan on drums). The quartet quickly found their musical niche -- a bar band version of such classic three-chord rockers as AC/DC and the Rolling Stones -- and in 1985 issued their debut recording, an independently issued six-song EP titled Keeping the Faith.
The mini-album helped land the Satellites a recording contract with Elektra, which led to the release of their full-length, self-titled major-label debut a year later. It took a while for the album to pick up steam, but it eventually became a surprise platinum certified hit by the summer of 1987, due to the number five hit single "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," and another popular single/video, "Battleship Chains." Baird and the Satellites issued two more releases during the late '80s, 1988's Open all Night and 1989's In the Land of Salvation and Sin, but neither matched the success of their self-titled debut, and led to the group's split by the dawn of the '90s.
It didn't take long for Baird to regain his footing and begin a solo career, as evidenced by 1991's Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired (issued on Rick Rubin's Def American label). The album appeared to put Baird back on the right track commercially, as it spawned a popular single/video with "I Love You Period." But a long break ensued before the appearance of his sophomore solo effort, 1996's Buffalo Nickel, which sunk from sight shortly after release (the same year, the Georgia Satellites re-formed, but without Baird). He set his sights on producing and/or guesting on other artist's recordings, including Fred Haring's This Grand Parade, Will Hoge's Carousel, and Chris Knight's Pretty Good Guy. Baird, along with his group the Yayhoos (which formed in the midst of the unsuccessful Buffalo Nickel tour), released two albums: 2001's Fear Not the Obvious and 2006's Put the Hammer Down. Out of Mothballs, a collection of outtakes and rarities, appeared early in 2008, followed later in the year by Dan Baird & the Homemade Sin.
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