American Music (album)

American Music
1997 CD issue artwork
Studio album by The Blasters
Released	1980
Studio	Rollin' Rock Studio
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly, roots rock
Label	Rollin' Rock Records
Producer	Ronny Weiser
The Blasters chronology
American Music (1980) The Blasters (1981)

American Music is the debut album by American rock and roll band The Blasters released in 1980.

The song "Marie Marie" became breakthrough hit for Shakin' Stevens in 1980, see This Ole House. Matchbox also recorded the song for their 1980 album Midnite Dynamos. In 1997 the album was released on CD by Hightone Records.

The tracks "Marie Marie" and "American Music" were rerecorded for The Blasters' second and wider-distributed eponymous album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Robert Christgau	(B+) link

Track listing

All songs composed by Dave Alvin, except where noted.

Side 1

1. "American Music" – 2:08
2. "Real Rock Drive" (Bill Haley) – 2:03
3. "Barefoot Rock" (Scott Harper) – 2:19
4. "I Don't Want To" – 1:56
5. "Marie Marie" – 2:02
6. "I Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) - 2:41
7. "She Ain't Got the Beat" (Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin) - 1:30

Side 2

1. "Flattop Joint" - 2:27
2. "Crazy Baby" (Ron Volz, Ron Wemsman) - 2:26
3. "Never No Mo' Blues" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) - 2:46
4. "Buzz Buzz Buzz" (Robert Byrd, John Gray) - 2:06
5. "She's Gone Away" (Phil Alvin) - 2:25
6. "Barn Burning" - 3:36

CD bonus tracks, 1997

1. "21 Days in Jail" (Willie Dixon, L.P. Weaver) - 2:12
2. "Love 24 Hours a Day" (Ted Jarrett) - 3:10
3. "I Fell in Love" (Unknown) - 1:57
4. "So Glad" (Howlin' Wolf) - 2:19
5. "Ashamed of Myself" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton) - 2:24
6. "Lone Wolf" (R. Harris) - 3:19

External links

• American Music at Discogs (list of releases)