Hot and Nasty: Who Loves Black Oak Arkansas ?

Man, I love Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers but take it or leave it, the ultimate Southern Rock band for me has to be Black Oak Arkansas; the Southern boogie majesty of Back Door Man, the raunchy Wild Man From The Mountains, Ramblin Gamblin Man, the faux history of Diggin For Gold: they all conjur up an image of the mythological South, a place where Jim "Dandy" Magnum, mysoginist or not, is someone that we all want to be (at least on weekends). It's also someone David Lee Roth actually wanted to be; Jim Dandy being David's James Brown to Mick Jagger. Maybe I don't want to be him after all.

I recently had a look on their my space page, they are still together and touring, looking abit worst for wear, I have to say (but who is'nt). There are also rumours that they have a new album due out in 2008, that I am trying very hard to substantiate. If you have heard anything and can quote a source, let me know a.s.a.p. I am not saying, however, that we should neccesarily celebrate this fact if they have; there is something a bit sad about reunions, especially when their heyday was more than 30 years ago and based heavily on their virility and work with the ladies. Still, we can only dream.......................

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