Soul Gravy - Cross Canadian Ragweed

A great mixture of rock, country and soul, “Soul Gravy” delivers plenty bang for your buck. Each song is full of great lyrics and nice, catchy melodies.

Blending alt-rock with the southern rock style of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers with heavy doses of country thrown in for good measure, Cross Canadian Ragweed has carved out a quite a successful career. As usually happens when an artist has a lucrative regional career going, the major labels come calling. The quartet held off until 2002 when a new label, Universal South, vowed that they wouldn’t require CCR to fit within any industry molds.

Fast forward to March 2004 and Cross Canadian Ragweed is seeing the release of their second major label album, ‘Soul Gravy.’ While CCR’s guitars are louder than the typical Nashville record, front man Cody Canada’s vocals certainly have a ‘country’ twang. “Again” is a great example of this. “Lonely Girl” is a slice of melodic pie that could do well on country radio if they got the chance. If you listen close enough, you’ll hear Lee Ann Womack’s voice blending in nicely with the band on the single “Sick And Tired.” “Hammer Down” is a great rockin’ tune in the same style as “Don’t Need You” from the previous Univeral South album ‘Purple.’ Other standout tracks on ‘Soul Gravy’ are “Flowers,” Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “Wanna Rock & Roll” and “Alabama.”

Fans of country rock, or those just coming over to country from rock will enjoy ‘Soul Gravy.’ If you hurry, you can be one of the lucky ones who get a full concert DVD for free with the album. The DVD showcases the band as they truly are: a dynamic concert act.