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Nobody Rides For Free" Ron LaSalles long awaited follow up to 2001's critically
acclaimed
Too Angry To Pray.
Featuring 13 new tracks plus a hidden bonus track.
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
■ Joining albums by icons Eric Clapton, Tom Waits, and Jerry Lee Lewis Nobody Rides
for Free debuts at number five on the January 2007 Euro Americana Chart, a chart
compiled by DJs, journalists, retailers, and promoters from all over Europe. Euro
Americana Chart
■ "[A] a bracing blast of Southern boogie and Jersey soul invested with personal pain,
pride, and passion. LaSalle's surprisingly expressive bellow has some of the fervid
intensity of classic Van Morrison. He also puts on a tent revival of a live show." -- Jim
Ridley, Nashville Scene
■ "Nobody Rides For Free is a beautiful album, in a beauty of a cover, from a musical
chameleon who, in a brilliant way, brings his mash of jazzy, bluesy, twangy, soulful roots
rock even to the album's hidden bonus track. 1/2. Ron Lasalle & the East Side
Rockers are eagerly awaited in Europe!" --Freddy Celis, Rootstime (Belgium)
■ "On Nobody Rides for Free, Ron LaSalle goes down to the crossroads. Only instead of
bargaining with the devil, he wrestles him and other personal demons—and emerges
battered but triumphant, his soul intact and his spirit rocking for the ages. From
gutbucket acoustic blues to sweet soul to Stones-worthy rhythm ‘n’ rock, LaSalle drives
with style into the intersection of blues and rock giants. He proves he belongs in their
company, then blows on down his own road" --Michael McCall, Nashville Scene
■ "LaSalle's rough, black voice is perfect for this bluesy collection. . . but it is the ballads
that really make the record. . .I Am Love is an amazing song that, alone, is worth the
price of the album. . .. The steamy Try to Trust Again is a soulful rock ballad that sounds
like a seventies record while the rootsy She Did Love Me reflects LaSalle's debt to John
Hiatt. . .Overall, a record filled with blues-passion in every note that puts Ron LaSalle, an
outsider by trade, in his own category where roots music isn't limited by the misused
term Americana."
--Fabio Cerbone, RootsHighway (Italy)
■ "Five years after the beautiful debut of the album Too Angry To Pray, the singer
songwriter returns with a disk that's rough and bluesy but full of richly textured ballads,
solidifying its value. An album that mixes the moods of Van Morrison with the sounds of
Dr. John, passing from soul to gumbo, from rock to the blues." --Junior Bonner's Choice,
Buscadero Magazine (Italy)
■ "The very sexy, jazzy, bluesy, roots-rock twang-flavored music that LaSalle produces on
the successor to 2001's Too Angry To Pray is, in large part, an extension of that album.
All delicious stuff. . .authentic Ron LaSalle music with a bright future. Well done."
--Jan Janssen, Real Roots Café (Belgium)
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have the soul of
Sunday morning,
but the sound is
Saturday night"
Jim Ridley
Nashville Scene
the first full-length release on his new label. Packed with passion, the disc offers up soulful roots
rock that recalls the spirit of golden era Van Morrison, brawny blue-collar twang and even some
Tom Waitsian saloon blues. It's a rousing effort that exposes the heart of a survivor. (Ph-Q
Records)
Miles Of Music.
Tallent's famed Moondog studio
in Nashville, the album exposes
the realizations of accepting
ourselves at face value and not
worrying about other opinions
about our lives. After all, they are
OUR lives!
Lasalle is the kind of writer who
welcomes a listener into his life
to share his triumphs and his
setbacks. The album opens
with the Stones-fueled "A Girl
Like You", a funny little ditty
co-written with Bob Dylan's
steel guitarist, Bucky Baxter, that
explores the notion of the grass
being greener outside your own
yard. It closes with "Lite Me Up,"
a rollicking number about the
power of true love.
Other highlights include the
haunting Title cut "Gypsy Heart,"
which examines the irony of
surrendering our wicked ways
of loving, only to find that we've
surrendered to someone
exactly like ourselves.
the greatest musical
Discovery of this year!
Ray
PIETERS-DREESENS
- MILO Radio 103.1 FM
Belgium
The snarling tone of
Brent Little's lead
Guitar, a gritty,
twang-drenched sound
that echoes both
Memphis and
Nashville, is
complimented by
LaSalle's voice, a
bleary country drawl
with a touch of urban
blues that makes you
believe every word he
sings.
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