Primitive Streak by The Subdudes

Primitive Streak, the Subdudes' 1996 album on High Street Records and Windham Hill Records, is a fine dose of New Orleans roots rock. The band came together through Tipitina's in 1987, and they stir folk, swamp pop, Crescent City R&B, Louisiana blues, country, zydeco, funk, soul and gospel into one gumbo, with close harmonies on top and a tambourine where the drum kit ought to be.

Tommy Malone, John Magnie, Steve Amedée and Johnny Ray Allen play it loose and soulful, the kind of back-porch groove that sounds like it's been simmering all afternoon. The record did well on the Americana album charts, and the band took it across North America on tour, sharing some bills with Anders Osborne. "All The Time In The World" is the song that found its way onto the countdowns.

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