★★★★★
In contrast to the timeless country-rock of their eponymous debut, Aqua Dream sounds more of its time: the production has been pumped up with more electric guitars and keyboards, bringing McGuffey Lane's sound up to the standards of both album-oriented rock and urban cowboy-worshipping country radio...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
Beginning with their third albumLet the Hard Times Roll, Ohio country-rock band moved further into soft-rock territory; by the time of Day By Day they may have been charting higher on the country charts than they ever have, but the music was pretty firmly melodic soft-rock in the Southern Californian tradition but tempered with an appealing dose of Midwestern modesty...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
McGuffey Lane's third album Let the Hard Times Roll finds the Ohio country-rock band moving further into soft-rock territory. Producer Marshall Morgan gives the group a clean, slick sound that still has warmth and soul...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
McGuffey Lane's eponymous debut is a strong, lean country-rock album in the tradition of Pure Prairie League - heavy on harmonies and melodies, but built upon a country core...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
Using the term "lucky" to describe McGuffey Lane's career is akin to calling Shaquille O'Neal "tiny," a delicious irony not lost on the band. Call Me Lucky's jacket features a guy happily listening to his walkman, oblivious to the train bearing down on him. The imagery is not an accident given the group's tragic past of career-threatening and personal strife.
This edition of McGuffey Lane only has one holdover from the old days, guitarist John Schwab...
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2008-08-28