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Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)Murder In The First DegreeTake Me BackShe Just Wants To DanceFannie MaeBitch/Dumbass - (featuring Dickey Betts/Phoebe Snow)I've Got Dreams To RememberNothing But BlueShe Chose To Be My LadyToo Much, Too Little, Too LateEvery Time I Roll The DiceDon't Do It HereTrack List
Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)Murder In The First DegreeTake Me BackShe Just Wants To DanceFannie MaeBitch/Dumbass - (featuring Dickey Betts/Phoebe Snow)I've Got Dreams To RememberNothing But BlueShe Chose To Be My LadyToo Much, Too Little, Too LateEvery Time I Roll The DiceDon't Do It HereAlbum Reviews:
Down Beat (p.77) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "This self-produced album has plenty of bluesy crests that storm like whitecaps..."
Dirty Linen (p.65) - "The sound is a hybrid of 70s arena rock, a roadhouse blues band, and early-60s pop pastiche....Bonds' voice remains relatively strong and distinctive."
Living Blues (p.63) - "BACK IN 20 is a solid, thoroughly professional affair with not one throw-away track - a welcome comeback by an extremely talented artist."
Album Notes
Liner Note Author: David Hinckley.
Recording information: 900th Street Recorders, New York, NY; GB's Underground, Wheatley Heights, NY; Suite A Studios, Sarasota, FL; Thrill Hill Studios, Rumson, NJ.
Photographers: Gary "U.S." Bonds; John Cavanaugh; Angel Kames; Kevin Michelson; Tony Delauro; Bruce Springsteen.
Gary U.S. Bonds is the kind of singer who seemingly just can't resist making a comeback every 20 years or so. He first came to fame in the early '60s with the rock & roll hit "Quarter to Three," but fell off the radar until admirer Bruce Springsteen masterminded his 1981 return, DEDICATION. After a couple more releases, Bonds spent another two decades away from the studio before unleashing the wryly titled BACK IN 20. With so much water under the bridge, there was no reason to expect the Southern soul man to recapture his former glory, but against all odds, he does just that. Sure, there are the prerequisite guest appearances (from the Boss, Southside Johnny, Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts, and Phoebe Snow), but this is no desperate, mix-and-match, hit-hopeful duets album. Bonds's buddies stick to second-fiddle status, ceding the spotlight to his soulful, seemingly ageless voice as he gamely charges through a dozen tracks of rollicking juke-joint/bar-band R&B of the sort very rarely played by first-generation practitioners in the 21st century.
