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American Music
Release Date: 1980
Running Time: 45:46
Label: Hightone

Right from the beginning, with Dave Alvin's title song, the Blasters made their statement, that basic rock & roll was as contemporary in 1980 as it had been in the mid-'50s. The other 12 tracks, which mixed Dave and Phil Alvin originals with covers like "I Wish You Would" and "Never No More Blues," reiterated the opening remark, re-creating the feel of a biker bar after a couple of tall ones. Actually, the Blasters didn't have much to say beyond this record, of which only a couple of thousand copies were pressed, but they went on to a few years with Warner Bros. [In the late '90s, the debut was released on CD with six bonus tracks, all covers, and that statement seemed just as valid as it had at first.] William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	American Music	Alvin	2:08
2	Real Rock Drive	Haley	2:03
3	Barefoot Rock	Harper	2:19
4	I Don't Want To	Alvin	1:56
5	Marie Marie	Alvin	2:02
6	I Wish You Would	Arnold	2:41
7	She Ain't Got the Beat	Alvin, Alvin	1:30
8	Flattop Joint	Alvin	2:27
9	Crazy Baby	Minari, Volz, Wemsman	2:26
10	Never No Mo' Blues	Rodgers, McWilliams	2:46
11	Buzz Buzz Buzz	Gray, Byrd	2:06
12	She's Gone Away	Alvin	2:25
13	Barn Burning	Alvin	3:36
14	21 Days in Jail [#][*]	Dixon, Weaver	2:12
15	Love 24 Hours a Day [#][*]	Jarrett	3:10
16	I Fell in Love [#][*]		1:57
17	So Glad [#][*]	Howlin' Wolf	2:19
18	Ashamed of Myself [#][*]	McCoy, Singleton	2:24
19	Lone Wolf [#][*]	Harris	3:19