Black Oak Arkansas ? Self-Titled Debut Album ? Rare EX 1971 Atco Records Orig LP
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Black Oak Arkansas Studio album by Black Oak Arkansas Released March 1971 Genre Southern rock/Country rock Length 32:10 Label Atco Producer Lee Dorman & Mike Pinera Black Oak Arkansas chronology Black Oak Arkansas
(1971) Keep the Faith
(1972) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic
Black Oak Arkansas is the 1971 eponymous debut album by Black Oak Arkansas.
Produced by Iron Butterfly's Lee Dorman and Mike Pinera, Black Oak Arkansas introduced a three-guitar thunderstorm underpinning the scary basso profundo growls of lead singer Jim "Dandy" Mangrum. This was a sound unlike any other on the then-nascent Southern rock scene. With songs like "Hot and Nasty," "Lord Have Mercy on My Soul," and an otherworldly cover of Guy Mitchell's hit "Singing the Blues," Black Oak found a cult following through incessant touring with the likes of the Allman Brothers Band. This is not pretty music, but it does have a propulsive kick to it, with the guitars going in several directions at once while Jim Dandy's Howlin' Wolf-influenced vocals lay out a strange blend of macho sexual and religious imagery. Although the sound would quickly become cartoonish over subsequent releases, this initial release contained the spark of the new and different.
-AllMusic Review by Jim Newsom
Track listing
All selections written by Black Oak Arkansas, except where noted.
- "Uncle Lijiah" - 3:17
- "Memories at the Window" - 3:05
- "The Hills of Arkansas" - 3:45
- "I Could Love You" - 6:10
- "Hot and Nasty" - 2:55 (Daugherty-Jett-Knight-Reynolds-Smith-Stone)
- "Singing the Blues" - 2:17 (Melvin Endsley)
- "Lord Have Mercy on My Soul" - 6:15
- "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" - 4:26
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