Sand Rubies "Release The Hounds" 1999

This Cd Is Out Of Print (Oop), It Was A Limited Edition. Limited To Only 1,000 Pressed. This Cd Features Rare & Mostly Exclusive Unreleased Tracks And Out Takes & Live Recordinggs From The Sidewinders And Sand Rubies.
One of the greatest bands to ever come out of the southwest in the late 80's after pioneers like Green on Red, Naked Prey, and Giant Sand.
Sand Rubies, formerly known as the Sidewinders, were a rock band from Arizona. They have broken up and reunited several times. In 1988, RCA/Mammoth Records signed them on and helped them release two more albums. They considered their band to be "a finely-honed pop sensibility in perfect co-existence with a melodic driving sound" that made them stand out in Southwestern rock.
The Sand Rubies, at the time called the Sindwinders, typified the four-man rock band, with Rich Hopkins on guitar, David Slutes on vocals, Bruce Halper on drums and Mark Perrodin on bass guitar. Later, Andrea Curtis and Scott Garber would replace Halper and Perrodin respectively. After the Sand Rubies broke up for good (or so it seemed), Slutes formed a new band, Ginger. Meanwhile, Hopkins began to work under the name Luminarios on five full-length albums.
In 1991, a North Carolinian cover band known as Sidewinder appeared, forcing a legal battle over the next two years and a delay of the release of their next album, d preventing them from building off the success of their previous two albums. During this time, the band lost their support at the label and were cut from the roster when the label was sold. Eventually, they changed their name from the Sidewinders to the Sand Rubies. - By Andante Sostenuto, eHow Contributor
Sand Rubies:
Rich Hopkins - Guitar / David Slutes - Vocals, Guitar / Bruce Halper - Drums, Vocals / Mark Perrodin - Bass
with:
Dave Seger - Lead Guitar (12) / Diane Padilla - Drums (1+10) / Randy McReynolds - Backing Vocals (2) / Mike Monke - Drums (12) / Ron Zastuary - Bass (12)

trax:
01 when the time comes 02 (i'm not your) stepping stone 03 memories are made of this 04 nature's way 05 all along the watchtower 06 you're gonna miss me 07 i should have known better 08 grey riders 09 little black egg 10 starry eyes 11 rockin' in the free world 12 signed d.c.