Cobb Brain

This double-CD set of Chocolate Watchband material is so overpowering that it's difficult to know where to begin. A group that never charted a single (forget an album) across four tumultuous years is suddenly given the box-set treatment in miniature, a double-disc package containing not only every track ever recorded and released by the actual Chocolate Watchband, but also every track ever attributed to them, and also three cuts featuring original Watchband lead singer David Aguilar providing new lead vocals to replace singing that was wiped (or not recorded) at the time.

The most beautiful country & folk songs by Brent Cobb, The Byrds, Poco, Bonnie Raitt and many more on one compilation!

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd—especially their affection for Southern soul music—lives on in the Red Clay Strays. The Mobile, Alabama, band's 2022 debut, Moment of Truth displayed enough potential to bring on in-demand producer Dave Cobb for its follow-up, Made by These Moments; tracked in Cobb's Savannah, Georgia studio, the sound is carefully balanced and clear. The band's music is anchored by the soul-shouting vocals of Brandon Coleman, whose tight vibrato can take on a crying quality that adds pathos to these songs of pain, doubt and hope for redemption. In a power ballad like "No One Else Like Me," he describes himself and his mission: "I'm a broken writer, I'm a restless fighter, and I'm looking for a little hope/ I'm a shadowed thinker, I'm a one-eyed blinker at the end of his rope/ I'm a dead man walking, I'm a preacher talking about love and how to be free." Of course, this being Southern rock there's a bit of the devil in these boys.

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd—especially their affection for Southern soul music—lives on in the Red Clay Strays. The Mobile, Alabama, band's 2022 debut, Moment of Truth displayed enough potential to bring on in-demand producer Dave Cobb for its follow-up, Made by These Moments; tracked in Cobb's Savannah, Georgia studio, the sound is carefully balanced and clear. The band's music is anchored by the soul-shouting vocals of Brandon Coleman, whose tight vibrato can take on a crying quality that adds pathos to these songs of pain, doubt and hope for redemption. In a power ballad like "No One Else Like Me," he describes himself and his mission: "I'm a broken writer, I'm a restless fighter, and I'm looking for a little hope/ I'm a shadowed thinker, I'm a one-eyed blinker at the end of his rope/ I'm a dead man walking, I'm a preacher talking about love and how to be free." Of course, this being Southern rock there's a bit of the devil in these boys. In "Ramblin'" a story that goes the whole way back to Robert Johnson's blues, Coleman, Drew Nix (guitar and vocals), Zach Rishel (guitar), Andrew Bishop (bass), and John W. Hall (drums) crank up the tempos and fuzzy guitar effects and rock out. There are also moments when the moody shadows of the Allman Brothers cross a tune, like in "Devil in My Ear," where Coleman concludes, "Depression and anxiety/ I can't shake the grip that they got on me/ I know the devil's gotten in my brain." Near the end of the album, Red Clay Strays unexpectedly cross over into Contemporary Christian Music as in the hand clap and slide guitar rave up, "On My Knees," where they repeatedly emphasize that they, "Praise The Lord, for bringing me peace." And on closer "God Does," Coleman fervently sings, "Wherever I'm lacking/ It's he who makes me whole/ Shining through the darkness/ Cleaning out my soul," mixing CCM and Southern rock into an original sound.

A TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd—especially their affection for Southern soul music—lives on in the Red Clay Strays. The Mobile, Alabama, band's 2022 debut, Moment of Truth displayed enough potential to bring on in-demand producer Dave Cobb for its follow-up, Made by These Moments; tracked in Cobb's Savannah, Georgia studio, the sound is carefully balanced and clear. The band's music is anchored by the soul-shouting vocals of Brandon Coleman, whose tight vibrato can take on a crying quality that adds pathos to these songs of pain, doubt and hope for redemption. In a power ballad like "No One Else Like Me," he describes himself and his mission: "I'm a broken writer, I'm a restless fighter, and I'm looking for a little hope/ I'm a shadowed thinker, I'm a one-eyed blinker at the end of his rope/ I'm a dead man walking, I'm a preacher talking about love and how to be free." Of course, this being Southern rock there's a bit of the devil in these boys.

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