''American Music'' is the debut album by

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band

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, released in 1980. The song "Marie Marie" became a breakthrough hit for

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in 1980 (from ''

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recorded the song for their 1980 album ''Midnite Dynamos''. In 1997, the album was released on CD by

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. The tracks "

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" and "American Music" were rerecorded for The Blasters' second and wider-distributed eponymous album.

Track listing

All songs composed by

Dave Alvin David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s a ...

, except where noted. ;Side 1 #"American Music" – 2:08 #" Real Rock Drive" (

Bill Haley William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-sel ...

) – 2:03 #"Barefoot Rock" ( Joseph Scott, Bud Harper) – 2:19 #"I Don't Want To" – 1:56 #"

" – 2:02 #" I Wish You Would" (

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) - 2:41 #"She Ain't Got the Beat" (Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin) - 1:30 ;Side 2 #"Flattop Joint" - 2:27 #"Crazy Baby" (Ron Volz, Ron Wemsman) - 2:26 #"Never No Mo' Blues" ( Elsie McWilliams,

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...

) - 2:46 #" Buzz Buzz Buzz" (Robert Byrd, John Gray) - 2:06 #"She's Gone Away" (Phil Alvin) - 2:25 #"Barn Burning" - 3:36 ;CD bonus tracks, 1997 #"21 Days in Jail" (

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

, L.P. Weaver) - 2:12 #"Love 24 Hours a Day" (Ted Jarrett) - 3:10 #"I Fell in Love" (Unknown) - 1:57 #"So Glad" (

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) - 2:19 #"Ashamed of Myself" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton) - 2:24 #"Lone Wolf" (R. Harris) - 3:19

Personnel

;The Blasters *

Phil Alvin Philip Joseph Alvin (born March 6, 1953) is an American singer and guitarist known primarily as the leader of the rock band The Blasters. His voice has been described as "robust...powerful...rich, resonant, ndsupremely confident." Biography Alvi ...

- vocals, guitar, harmonica *

- lead guitar * John Bazz - bass * Bill Bateman - drums

References

External links

* 1980 debut albums The Blasters albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub