RAINBOW BOOGIE BAND- s/t (Capitol City Records)
I've passed over copies of this lp for years thinking it was some major label guitar "chud", but its recent placement in a stack of overpriced Elvis and Tom Jones LPs gave me a reason to give it a closer look wherein I noticed the Abilene, Texas address and a song titled "Cocaine Blues" which was not the standard worked, re-worked, and over-worked by many folks over the years.
The Rainbow Boogie Band's sound was predominantly country with a pubescent sounding female vocalist taking many of the lead vocals and writing a number of the songs on the lp. This is not an album that has held up well over time, but the two songs closing out side one- "Special Lady" and the acoustic instrumental "Classical Ric"- are at the very least somewhat interesting. "Special Lady" is country, but carries the disappearing sound of twin-guitar Southern rock. Not an amazing song by any stretch, but one gets the feeling that this was a number that allowed the band to stretch out a bit and jam in a live setting (Reminds me of a more southern, but less jammy Snakegrinder and the Shredded Fieldmice from way back east). I have little doubt that the Boogie Band were mainstays of Abilene's famed Ponderosa Ballroom, where ol' Westex scooted a boot or two years back. Or maybe the Ironhorse Saloon, just north of the tracks.
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