Cripple Creek Band – Introducing The Cripple Creek Band - Used LP

VG+/VG+ (not sealed, but still in shrink.  not actual copy in photos)

I figured this would be one of those mediocre bands (that I often love), but this band is actually talented and tight, featuring three guitarists and plenty of great hillbilly lyrics.  A worthwhile grab for fans of obscure rockin' hillbilly or southern-fried rock from the 1970s. -- winch

"Not to be confused with the more modern band by the same name, these guys from Collinsville, Oklahoma were seasoned road warriors, including several veterans of Rodney Lay's band, the Blazers, who had side gigs touring with national stars such as Wanda Jackson and Jerry Lee Lewis in the early 1960s. Rodney Lay led Freddy Fender's backing band in 1975-76, and then went on to work for Roy Clark -- I think these guys were the ones who stuck with Fender after that, with former Blazers guitarists Sam Beck and Dennis Winton now fronting a group that also included local players such as Robert Hoffman, Rick De Armond and steel player Billy Hogue. Freddy Fender contributes liner notes, praising the band's "funkiest, straight from the dirt floor sound," and on this album they get their moment in the sun, playing some outlaw-y stuff like "Good Hearted Woman" and Merle Haggard's "Ramblin' Fever," as well as a tune or two of their own." -- comments on discogs