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1 Call from Crouch   :17
2 Face on Mars Crouch 3:23
3 Ballad of Rosalie Pease 5:19
4 True Love Never Dies Scruggs/Welch 4:26
5 Home Sweet Oklahoma Russell 4:24
6 Make Yourself Home Childers/James 4:27
7 Long Way to Nowhere Shannon 3:24
8 Call from Coop   :14
9 Starin' Down the Sun Brad Piccolo/Childe 4:37
10 Any Other Way James/Littleton 4:15
11 Kickin' Back in Amsterdam Welch 4:42
12 Water Your Own Yard Christian/Jacobs/Sk 4:12
13 Years in the Making Ambler/Childers/Cra 4:18
14 If You're Ever in Oklahoma Cale 3:02
15 A Little Rain Will Do Jacobs 3:22
16 Call from Skinner   :45
17 Skyline Radio Skinner 5:00
18 Hold On Christian Evans 8:29
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This Is Indian Land

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Underground Sound

Category: Pop/Rock

This Is Indian Land

UPC: 094922067289

Release Date: 06/21/2011

Original Release Date: 06/21/2011

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Call from Crouch, Face on Mars, Ballad of Rosalie, True Love Never Dies, Home Sweet Oklahoma, Make Yourself Home, Long Way to Nowhere, Call from Coop, Starin' Down the Sun, Any Other Way, Kickin' Back in Amsterdam, Water Your Own Yard, Years in the Making, If You're Ever in Oklahoma, A Little Rain Will Do, Call from Skinner, Skyline Radio, Hold On Christian]
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Thom Jurek

For those who mourned the breakup of Cross Canadian Ragweed, it seems the story has somewhat of a silver lining. Songwriter, guitarist, and frontman Cody Canada and Ragweed bassist and singer Jeremy Plato continue in Cody Canada & the Departed, with Texas guitarist Seth James, Tulsa keyboardist/organist Steve Littleton, and drummer David Bowen, who hails from Yukon, Oklahoma. This Is Indian Land, the group's debut album is, ironically, a sort of tribute recording. Rather than feature a brand new selection of Canada songs, it is instead an homage to a couple of previous generations of Oklahoma-born songwriters: Leon Russell, J.J. Cale, Randy Pease, Bob Childers, Tom Skinner, Kevin Welch, Brad James, and others. While the new band is rooted in the same red-dirt sound as Cross Canadian Ragweed, they stretch that form to the breaking point. Standout tracks on this set include the gospelized, harder rocking take on Russell's "Sweet Home Oklahoma," the funky Welch and Gary Scruggs' number "True Love Never Dies," the spacy psychedelic country-rock of "Face on Mars," by Randy Crouch, the ragged bluegrass-rock stomp of "Ballad of Rosalie" by contemporary Randy Pease, the reverent reading of Cale's "If You're Ever in Oklahoma," Childers' rootsy "Years in the Making" and the album closer, and "Hold On Christian," written by Scott Evans, which marries contemporary country, Waylon Jennings strut, and and guitar-blazing psych. This Is Indian Land is an auspicious debut, and indeed, Cody Canada & the Departed could make a career of simply covering the voluminous work by Oklahoma songwriters. Perhaps next time out they could include Jimmy Webb, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Woody Guthrie. That said, Canada is simply too fine a composer himself not to get his work into the mix at some point. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

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