Sand Rubies "Sand Rubies" 1993

Same great sound as on the classics Witchdoctor and Auntie Ramos' Pool Hall, but there are a few dull spots (Barroom Light). Goodbye might be the best f-you to your ex ever recorded. Interstate was written by Neil Young and given to them to record; it sprawls like an elegant Cowgirl in the Sand or Down By the River. Drugged is pure pop energy, and Never is both tragic and beautiful, and Rich Hopkins' cascading guitar complements it perfectly. - By Daniel E. Westover "maxutils" (Sacramento, CA)
Talk about bud luck, were talking about the Sand Rubies. First they were called The Sidewinders, they had 2 excellent albums then found out another band had the Sidewinder name, so they had to change there name to the Sand Rubies. But with this album they should of gone Gold or Platnium. From the opening chords of "Goodbye", i knew they had another winner on their hands! "Santa Maria Street" should of been a big hit, but wasn't. (what a shocker!). Some other songs that make this album a winner are: "Your Life Story", "Guns In The Churchyard", "Hangman In The Noose", the classic cow-punk rocker "Hit The Brakes (At The Pearly Gates), played this song to death when it came out. The 8 minute tour deforce "Never" with Ian McLagan of the Small Faces on Organ and the country-twang duet with Andrea Curtis-Olsen on "Black Eyes And Broken Noses", country radio missed out on this great song. After this release the label folded and the band folded. A few more years later they released the lackluster "Return Of The Living Dead" and broke up again. Rich Hopkins formed the Luminarios. David and Rich buried the hatchet again in 2005 and released "Mas Cuacha" in 2007. The Band in 1993. David Slutes,Rich Hopkins, Bruce Halper and Mark Perrodin. - By ScottE (Kansas)
trax:
01 Goodbye 02 Santa Maria Street 03 Your Life Story 04 Interstate 05 Drugged 06 Guns in the Churchyard 07 Hangman in the Noose 08 Bar Room Light 09 Hit the Brakes (at the Pearly Gates) 10 Never 11 Black Eyes and Broken Noses