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Salvation Road

by Rich Layton and Tough Town

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1.
Live to Rock 04:27
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2.
Salvation Road 03:35
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3.
Raise It Up 05:41
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4.
Wake Up Call 04:40
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5.
Show Me What You're Working With 05:09
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6.
Dollars to Donuts 04:23
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7.
Sorry Don't Cut It 04:29
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8.
Two Hearts 03:34
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9.
The Dude Abides 03:55
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10.
Soul Divided 03:30
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11.
Take a Giant Step 05:53
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Rich Layton’s first album of original songs was very nearly his last. Just six months into worldwide airplay, hitting the charts and hitting the road, it all came to a frightening halt. A mysterious hearing issue left him unable to perform, tolerate noise or even talk on the telephone. Recovery would eventually take more than 18 months, as Rich waited to see if his playing days were over.
 
When he finally came out the other side of the long ordeal, he wrote “Live to Rock,” the hard driving personal anthem that kicks off the return album, “Salvation Road.”

With 10 originals and a psychedelic ‘60s nugget, Salvation Road is a high-octane trip roaring down two-late southern asphalt. It’s The Yardbirds jamming with Johnny Cash… The Stones in Muscle Shoals with Delbert McClinton… Elvis backed by the growl of an amplified harmonica in a Memphis juke joint. Making these influences all his own, Rich Layton leaps from your speakers with the conviction of firebrand rock and roll preacher determined to save your soul - and his.
 
Layton’s songs have been described as “mini-movies,” and co-producer Terry Wilson gives each track its own distinctive cinematic sweep. With the band’s live basic tracks as the foundation, the songs’ fully realized arrangements include piano, B3 organ, bottleneck slide, horns, multi layered background harmonies and a 12-string guitar borrowed from John Fogerty. No two songs sound alike, but the band’s twang and tremolo vibe pulses at the core of each one.
 
Special guests include 2019 Grammy nominee Teresa James (vocal duet, Track 5: “Show Me What You’re Workin’ With”), Portland’s godfather of rock and roll, Jon Koonce (lap steel, Track 3: “Raise It Up / Burn It Down”) and British rock royalty Chris Mercer (saxophone, Track 1: “Live to Rock”).

Rich Layton & Tough Town weave a swampadelic soundtrack for a last chance Saturday night. Your table waits under the broken neon in a dive bar out on Salvation Road.

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released May 31, 2019

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Rich Layton and Tough Town Portland, Oregon

Rich Layton & Tough Town are the house band at the crossroads of twang and tremolo, playing high octane honky tonk, harmonica-fueled and swampified. It's the sound of an East Texas roadhouse, where the crowds are a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n roll, and out on the dance floor all night long. ... more

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