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Billy Joe Royal took a Joe South song called "Down in the Boondocks," layered in enough echo to make a bat dizzy, and had a huge hit with it in the early '60s. With its wry awareness of American class dynamics and Royal's fervent, desperate lead vocal, the song holds up surprisingly well even in this new century. Unfortunately, the version of "Boondocks" found here is a re-recorded one, as are the versions of two other South songs that Royal took to the charts in the 1960s, "I Knew You When" and "Hush." Royal's voice is still impressively strong on these recent remakes, but the original recordings had a kind of freshness and punch that is lacking here.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Billy Joe Royal, MainArtist
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
Album review
Billy Joe Royal took a Joe South song called "Down in the Boondocks," layered in enough echo to make a bat dizzy, and had a huge hit with it in the early '60s. With its wry awareness of American class dynamics and Royal's fervent, desperate lead vocal, the song holds up surprisingly well even in this new century. Unfortunately, the version of "Boondocks" found here is a re-recorded one, as are the versions of two other South songs that Royal took to the charts in the 1960s, "I Knew You When" and "Hush." Royal's voice is still impressively strong on these recent remakes, but the original recordings had a kind of freshness and punch that is lacking here.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:41
- Main artists: Billy Joe Royal
- Label: Intersound
- Genre: Country
2005 Intersound 2005 Intersound
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