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- Record Label: Songs of the South Records
- Release Date: Feb 1, 2011
- Artist(s): Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson, Chris Chew
- Summary: The latest album from the jam band was recorded after the death of Cody and Luther Dickerson's father and the birth of Luther's child.
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- Record Label: Songs of the South Records
- Genre(s): Blues, Americana, Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, American Trad Rock, Rock & Roll, Roots Rock, Southern Rock, Retro-Rock, Boogie Rock
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| How I Wish My Train Would Come | |
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| It's so hard to struggle, it's hard to survive, It's a struggle to stay alive. I keep fighting on 'til we arrive. I try to believe I will be... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Apr 5, 2011Drummer Cody Dickinson in particular delivers exactly what each song needs, nothing less, and keeps things swinging. It's the kind of unsentimental yet passionate tribute a musical legend and family cornerstone would surely appreciate.
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Apr 5, 2011Keys to the Kingdom may have been recorded in response to death and birth but it is, more than anything else, a celebration of all that Jim Dickinson held dear in life and music, which are, after all, the same thing.
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Apr 5, 2011Keys to the Kingdom is both a tribute to and a continuation of the Dickinson musical tradition.
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Apr 5, 2011Deep roots, improvising valor and live-Cream brawn come easily to this trio. Catching it all in the studio has been harder, like juggling snakes and feral cats. Singer-guitarist Luther Dickinson, his drumming brother, Cody, and bassist Chris Chew come close.
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MojoJun 24, 2011There's less jamming than on earlier NMA releases, more insistence on songwriting. [Jul 2011, p.108]
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Apr 5, 2011More song-oriented than some past Allstars efforts and with an emphasis on country and gospel rather than the trio's gut-bucket blues, it wallops undeniable warmth even when the material itself veers from the Dickinsons' natural strengths.