Let It Ride (Buffalo Killers album)

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Let It Ride
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 22, 2008
RecordedAkron Analog in Akron, Ohio
Genre Blues rock
Length44:00
Label Alive Naturalsound
Producer Dan Auerbach
Buffalo Killers chronology
Buffalo Killers
(2006)
Let It Ride
(2008)
3
(2011)
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Let It Ride is the second studio album by American blues rock band Buffalo Killers. It was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and released in July 2008 on Alive Naturalsound Records. The first pressing of vinyl copies included a bonus live CD sourced from a fan's bootleg recording.

Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock: electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes with keyboards and harmonica. From its beginnings in the early- to mid-1960s, blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way it inspired and influenced hard rock, Southern rock, and early heavy metal. Blues rock continues to be an influence in the 2010s, with performances and recordings by popular artists.

Buffalo Killers American rock band

Buffalo Killers are an American rock band comprising guitarist and vocalist Andrew Gabbard, bass guitarist and vocalist Zachary Gabbard and drummer Joseph Sebaali. The band was formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2006 following the dissolution of Thee Shams, of which the trio were members. Buffalo Killers were quickly signed by Alive Records and their self-titled debut album was released in October 2006; Buffalo Killers drew the attention of Chris Robinson, who invited the band to open a string of dates for The Black Crowes in 2007. Buffalo Killers' second album, Let It Ride, was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and released in July 2008.

Dan Auerbach American musician

Daniel Quine Auerbach is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has recorded and co-produced eight studio albums with his bandmate Patrick Carney. Auerbach has also released two solo albums, Keep It Hid (2009) Waiting on a Song (2017), and formed a side project, the Arcs, which released the album Yours, Dreamily, in 2015.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Zachary Gabbard and Andrew Gabbard.

  1. "Get Together Now Today" – 4:43
  2. "Let It Ride" – 4:04
  3. "Leave the Sun Behind" – 4:51
  4. "If I Get Myself Anywhere" – 4:42
  5. "Give and Give" – 3:34
  6. "On the Prowl" – 2:56
  7. "It's a Shame" – 5:46
  8. "Heart in Your Hand" – 5:23
  9. "Take Me Back Home" – 3:53
  10. "Black Paper" – 4:08

Personnel

Buffalo Killers
Production

Notes

  1. Greene, Jo-Ann. "Let It Ride Review". Allmusic. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

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