Stock just arrived from Highway 61 and our mates at Sioux Records, Limited Edition White Vinyl version of 'Driving South'.
Highway 61 is proud to present the first release of our 2023 debut album Driving South on vinyl.
Limited edition of 300 hand numbered on white vinyl with silk screen cover!!
Includes unlimited streaming of Driving South
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD double shot bundle includes:
Highway 61 - Driving South CD
The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs - One More Drink CD (Deluxe Edition)
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Swaggering rock n' roll CD triple shot bundle at "the nice price" includes:
Leather Catsuit (Kim Olin, Steve Conte) - Leather Catsuit CD
Highway 61 - Driving South CD
Slamdinistas - Shoot For The Stars CD w/fold out mini poster
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Get a double shot of the Dirty Blues with this double shot CD & Koozie Bundle cheaper than a swig of "Early Times"!! Bundle includes:
Highway 61 - Driving South CD
Hambone Skinny - Come Getcha' Some CD
Hambone Skinny - Koozie!!
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"Driving South sits squarely in the tradition of white rockers turbocharging the blues for their own purposes, but Highway 61 fits alongside the Rolling Stones, the Faces, and the Black Crowes – the cultural appropriation is out of love, not cynicism, and the end result turns into rock & roll anyway. Harder than the bands cited above, but nowhere near the blues metal this could become in the wrong hands, the band gets good ‘n’ greasy on “Midnight Train” and “Walk On Water” (which features some nasty slide from Mirikitani, recorded before he passed), hits brutally on “Bad Day” and “Walk Away,” and just generally bashes away unapologetically in the groove everywhere else. Driving South is what Aerosmith might have sounded like with a better singer, a more faithful musical core, and a lot less cocaine." - Michael "Denim" Toland, Big Takeover Magazine
"I tell you what: there ain’t no such thing as a ‘Bad Day’ when Frank Meyer’s whiskey-infused vocals and soaring harp dance and weave around Andy Medway’s oh sweet slide geetar, producing a sound wrenched from the deepest, darkest gutter of everyone’s sodden rawk ‘n’f’n’ roll heart… I don’t know where Meyer’s baby stayed last night, but tonight I’m staying right here at ÜRHQ, with the stereo turned up loud, the whiskey on tap and this soul-satisfying, angst-relieving collection of quality tunes on constant repeat. Yessir, this album is weaving some pretty wicked ‘Black Magic’, enough to make me want to board that ‘Midnight Train’ (‘though maybe not to Georgia) and have my breath taken away… Elegantly dirty stuff indeed, filled to the brim with cocksure attitude and the sort of irritatingly pleasing earworm riffs and melodies that bury themselves deep in you subconscious for weeks at a time: in fact, nothing less than you would expect from the expert rock ‘n’ roll barkeep down at the Rum Bar…" - Uber Rock
Highway 61 is a Los Angeles-based blues-rock ‘n’ roll band whose debut album was recorded 30 years after the band broke up. And it only took a worldwide pandemic, a near-fatal bout with Leukemia, and the death of their mentor to make it happen…
In summer 2022, the foursome reconvened for the first time in decades at Kitten Robot Studios in Los Angeles with producer Paul Roessler (The Screamers, 45 Grave, Nina Hagen) to make Driving South, which mixes doses of The Rolling Stones and Tom Petty with dashes of The Black Crowes and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The band ripped through the entire album over a few weeks, finally tracking fan favorites like “Baby, Where’s You Stay Last Night” and “Supernatural Monkey Child,” alongside brand new song “Black Magic.”
Driving South also salutes Highway 61 mentor Alan Mirikitani, a.k.a. blues guitar master BB Chung King, who sadly passed away in 2015. “Walk on Water” and “Breath Away” feature unreleased solos Mirikitani recorded with the band in 1992. In an incredibly emotional reunion, “Walk on Water” also features Mirikitani’s daughter Alana Mirikitani on backing vocals joining the two artists on an album for the first time.
credits
released April 7, 2023
Frank Meyer – Lead Vocals, Guitars
Andy Medway - Guitars
Mike Knutson – Drums, Percussion
Russell Loeffler – Bass, Vocals
Special Guests:
Alan Mirikitani – Lead Guitar on “Walk on Water” and “Breath Away”
Alana Mirikitani – Backing Vocals on “Walk on Water”
Kellie Rucker – Harmonica and Backing Vocals on “Bad Day”
Paul Roessler – Keyboards
All songs written by:
Frank M Meyer, Cheetahman Music, BMI / Andrew Medway, BMI
Michael Knutson, BMI / Russell Loeffler, ASCAP
Produced by Paul Roessler
Recorded at Kitten Robot Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered by John “JJ” Watt
Layout/Design by Glenn Robinson
This album is dedicated to the music and memory of Alan Mirikitani. Big thanks to Alana Mirikitani and Kellie Rucker for helping us carry on his legacy through our music. Extra special thanks to Paul Roessler, JJ Watt and Malibu Lou!
"Write this down: Rum Bar Records is turning into one of the absolute best labels for real rock & roll these days."
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