Nikki Sudden feat. Southern Bitch ‎– Barroom Blues 7"

Sudden, Nikki feat. Southern Bitch ‎– Barroom Blues 7"

The music lives on! Rock legend Nikki Sudden returns with two amazing tracks.

Consisting of two previously unreleased tracks, the Barroom Blues 7” was recorded in Athens, GA in the summer of 2005 with members of Southern Bitch. Both tracks are beautifully honest country gems that only Nikki could have made. On the title track, Nikki’s emotionally charged voice spills out confession after confession while the steel guitars match the sentiment note for note. Family Bible is of the same accord, touching on themes of humility and respect, and speaking very highly of Nikki’s persona, one that is truly missed.

Sudden formed the intellectual, daring and resourceful Swell Maps in 1972 with his brother Epic Soundtracks (who died in 1997, an alleged suicide). The legendary British art-punk band released its first noisy and experimental single in 1977, its debut album, A Trip To Marineville, in 1979, and disintegrated by 1980. The group's four singles and two proper studio albums reached No. 1 on the UK independent charts, and its unique experimental dynamism, a cross between T-Rex, the Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, Can and the Velvet Underground, paved the way for Sonic Youth, Pavement, the Lemonheads, Pussy Galore and Big Black.

Over the last two decades Nikki Sudden has released scores of records on scads of labels domestically and abroad, yet in the US this vastly overlooked singer / songwriter / guitarist has achieved what can only be described as cult status at best.

“If there were ever a rock 'n' roll rule book, Nikki Sudden would have destroyed it before it even went to print.” –Prague Post

Track Listing:

A Barroom Blues
B Family Bible