By Ken Paulson
The Amazing Rhythm Aces were a little ahead of their time.
1975, the year of the Aces’ debut album, was not the time for a country band that was soulful or a bluesy band with a twang. And it sure wasn’t the time for a band that embraced all of that, plus rock and jazz.
36 years ago, it was called “eclectic.” Today, it would be called “Americana.”
Now the band’s first two albums are available again on a reissue from Real Gone Records. Stacked Desk, their debut, boasted a big hit single in “Third-Rate Romance,” a genre-defying song that proved irresistible to AM radio.
That first album was fun and funky, but follow-up Too Stuffed to Jump may have been even stronger. The band-written “Typical American Boy,” “The End is Not In Sight” and “Dancing the Night Away” showed songwriting depth, while their rendition of “If I Knew What to Say” added a reflective tone.
Highly recommended.
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