Black Oak Arkansas (Official Thread)

[gguerra]

Here's another oldie but goodie

Black Oak Arkansas

fronted by Jim Dandy who is this week's Cult Hero


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Albums

Black Oak Arkansas (1971)
Keep The Faith (1972)
If An Angel Came To See You Would You Make Her Feel At Home? (1972)
Raunch 'N' Roll Live (1973)
High on the Hog (1973)
Street Party (1974)
Ain't Life Grand (1975)
X-Rated (1975)
Live! Mutha (1976)
Balls Of Fire (1976)
Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour 1976 (1998)
The Nobody Else ‘69 (2008)
Back Thar N’ Over Yonder (2013)
Underdog Heroes (2019)
The Devils Jukebox (2023)




I do remember seeing them about 1978 probably after a little after they peaked.

There would probably be no David Lee Roth without Jim Dandy

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Race With the Devil

 

[LG]

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I like two of their albums GG, but Jim Dandy's vocals wear on me really fast.

Still Raunch & Roll is a very good live album, and I'll have to think about the other record I used to have...

 

[0000]

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An Awesome band, I have High On The Hog and a few other random songs, and love the band's vibe, it's great musically, but also fun... this song would be a good example of the fun

Fistfull Of Love

and the classic Jim Dandy

 

[gguerra]

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I like two of their albums GG, but Jim Dandy's vocals wear on me really fast.

You got that right, it's still fun (and funny) to watch them. I actually have one of their DVD's

 

[DaKillerWolf]

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I actually like Jim Dandy Mangum's voice
Call me weird ......

I have the first S/T, If An Angel Came To See you ...., Keep The Faith, High on the Hog,
Raunch and Roll and Live Motha plus that DVD pictured up yonder there ^^

Saw them live once to .....

What can I say I really like them alot

 

[METALPRIEST]

Interesting thing about these guys is the obvious influence Jim Dandy had on David Lee Roth..

Love the use of Jim Dandy in the Dazed and Confused movie too....fit real well

 

[LG]

Wow been ages since I looked at this thread, going back to the 2nd BOA album I owned, it was called "Race with the Devil", not a bad record two songs were really good, their cover of "Not Fade Away" and "Stand By Your Own Kind" I think the other one was.

Saw it in my used record shop a few weeks ago but didn't pick it up, there are too many other's I want more in the queue right now.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Long time no see, LG. This has always been a BOA favorite of mine
Lord Have Mercy on My Soul

 

[LG]

Hey look what the cat dragged in...

I'd thought you'd retired, nice to see you back and alive and well Wolf.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Black Oak Arkansas Announce New Album and Tour



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Black Oak Arkansas, the groundbreaking southern-rock group, have announced that they will put out a new album, ‘Back Thar N’ Over Yonder,’ on Oct. 15. The band will also spend much of the two months preceding the album’s release on the road.



‘Back Thar N’ Over Yonder’ finds the group back on Atco Records, where they recorded eight albums, all of which charted, between 1970 and 1976. Its 15 tracks are comprised of five newly recorded songs and 10 previously unreleased cuts from their first spell on Atco. The earlier songs were originally produced by the legendary Tom Dowd at Miami’s Criteria Studios.

Fronted by Jim “Dandy” Mangrum, Black Oak Arkansas gained fame for their then-unheard of three-guitar lineup and for their over-the-top concerts, which made them one of the top live acts in their heyday. Over the years, members came and went, but the current lineup brings Mangrum — the lone constant — back with two other founding members, Rickie Lee Reynolds (guitar) and Pat “Dirty” Daugherty (bass). Another original guitarist, Stanley “Goober Grin” Knight, had agreed to rejoin, but passed away shortly before the recording.

The new work found Mangrum in a reflective mood. “In those days, we was doing over 250 shows a year, every year,” he said via press release. “On top of that, we was giving Atlantic two albums a year, every year. So anytime we would get a few days off, we’d hightail it to Miami and lay down a few tracks with Dowd. After a while, we couldn’t keep up with which songs was going on which albums. So when these songs showed up, it took me and Rickie a while to even remember cutting them.”

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