MUDCRUTCH
''MUDCRUTCH LIVE! (EXTENDED PLAY)''
NOVEMBER 11 2008
27:49
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01 - The Wrong Thing To Do 04:45 (Tom Petty)
02 - Bootleg Flyer 04:01 (Tom Petty)
03 - Crystal River 15:00 (Tom Petty)
04 - High School Confidential 04:01 (Ron Hargrave, Jerry Lee Lewis)
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Mike Campbell - Lead Guitar (Left Speaker)
Tom Leadon - Lead Guitar (Right Speaker), Acoustic Guitar, Vocal Harmony
Randall Marsh - Drums
Tom Petty - Bass Guitar, Lead Vocal
Benmont Tench - Piano, Organ
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REVIEW/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Mudcrutch's supporting tour of their belated 2008 debut was brief, spanning only a handful of dates in California in spring of 2008, so it's only logical that the accompanying tour souvenir of that CD is also short and sweet: an old-fashioned EP instead of the multi-format CD/DVD/Blu_Ray release that's all the rage in 2008. Fans might gripe about its abbreviated length, but the four tracks on Extended Play Live are all top-notch, showcasing everything the band does well: there's the swampy rock of "The Wrong Thing to Do," the country-rock & roll of "Bootleg Flyer," the epic 15-minute jam of "Crystal River," and a rip-snorting tear through Jerry Lee Lewis' "High School Confidential." It's enough to entertain and enough to make any fan wish that Mudcrutch decided not to be quite so old-fashioned this time around and give the fans a full show instead of an EP.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Steve Leggett
Formed in Gainesville, FL, in 1970, Mudcrutch were essentially a precursor to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, with a then 17-year-old Tom Petty on bass, Mike Campbell and Tom Leadon (the brother of ex-Eagle Bernie Leadon) on guitars, Benmont Tench on keyboards, and Randall Marsh on drums. Popular on the Florida bar circuit, Mudcrutch relocated to L.A. in 1974 and was offered a recording contract from Leon Russell and Denny Cordell's Shelter Records, but the band splintered before any significant recording was completed, although Petty remained under contract to Shelter as a solo artist. In time, the band drifted back together, this time with Petty and Campbell on guitars, Tench on keyboards, and a rhythm section of Ron Blair on bass and Stan Lynch on drums. Calling themselves Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, they assumed Petty's solo contract with Shelter Records and released the self-titled Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers LP on the label in 1976. The rest, as they say, is history. In the summer of 2007, Petty, Campbell, Tench, Leadon, and Marsh reunited as Mudcrutch and recorded an album, the self-titled Mudcrutch, which was released a year later in 2008 on Reprise Records. The band followed the album with a limited tour. The EP Mudcrutch Extended Play Live was also released in 2008, featuring four songs done in concert performance.
Mudcrutch reconvened in 2015 to begin work on a second album. The resulting 2 appeared in May of 2016.
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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''MUDCRUTCH LIVE! (EXTENDED PLAY)''
NOVEMBER 11 2008
27:49
**********
01 - The Wrong Thing To Do 04:45 (Tom Petty)
02 - Bootleg Flyer 04:01 (Tom Petty)
03 - Crystal River 15:00 (Tom Petty)
04 - High School Confidential 04:01 (Ron Hargrave, Jerry Lee Lewis)
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Mike Campbell - Lead Guitar (Left Speaker)
Tom Leadon - Lead Guitar (Right Speaker), Acoustic Guitar, Vocal Harmony
Randall Marsh - Drums
Tom Petty - Bass Guitar, Lead Vocal
Benmont Tench - Piano, Organ
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REVIEW/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Mudcrutch's supporting tour of their belated 2008 debut was brief, spanning only a handful of dates in California in spring of 2008, so it's only logical that the accompanying tour souvenir of that CD is also short and sweet: an old-fashioned EP instead of the multi-format CD/DVD/Blu_Ray release that's all the rage in 2008. Fans might gripe about its abbreviated length, but the four tracks on Extended Play Live are all top-notch, showcasing everything the band does well: there's the swampy rock of "The Wrong Thing to Do," the country-rock & roll of "Bootleg Flyer," the epic 15-minute jam of "Crystal River," and a rip-snorting tear through Jerry Lee Lewis' "High School Confidential." It's enough to entertain and enough to make any fan wish that Mudcrutch decided not to be quite so old-fashioned this time around and give the fans a full show instead of an EP.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Steve Leggett
Formed in Gainesville, FL, in 1970, Mudcrutch were essentially a precursor to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, with a then 17-year-old Tom Petty on bass, Mike Campbell and Tom Leadon (the brother of ex-Eagle Bernie Leadon) on guitars, Benmont Tench on keyboards, and Randall Marsh on drums. Popular on the Florida bar circuit, Mudcrutch relocated to L.A. in 1974 and was offered a recording contract from Leon Russell and Denny Cordell's Shelter Records, but the band splintered before any significant recording was completed, although Petty remained under contract to Shelter as a solo artist. In time, the band drifted back together, this time with Petty and Campbell on guitars, Tench on keyboards, and a rhythm section of Ron Blair on bass and Stan Lynch on drums. Calling themselves Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, they assumed Petty's solo contract with Shelter Records and released the self-titled Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers LP on the label in 1976. The rest, as they say, is history. In the summer of 2007, Petty, Campbell, Tench, Leadon, and Marsh reunited as Mudcrutch and recorded an album, the self-titled Mudcrutch, which was released a year later in 2008 on Reprise Records. The band followed the album with a limited tour. The EP Mudcrutch Extended Play Live was also released in 2008, featuring four songs done in concert performance.
Mudcrutch reconvened in 2015 to begin work on a second album. The resulting 2 appeared in May of 2016.
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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