Wow, who would've guessed that Soul Gravy would provide songs that would slip into the newest Dawson's Creek soundtrack....and all those other shows about teen angst. Give it up fellas, y'all have sold out. There's no turning back now.

ok people if you are lissing to to Ragweed or JBS, RRB, or any "Texas Country Music" band and are a true fan of it you should know its not "country", its Texas Country! its going to sound a little like rock and roll ok thats what makes it so good so stop yalls bitchen about how its not county becuse guess what its not!!! its TEXAS COUNTRY so shut up and just enjoy it!!! maybe try lissing to the lyrics while your at it.

Ok, I bought this cd because I heard how great it was. I was given bad info. I thought it was pretty good for Rock but they are NOT country. If you are looking for country, this is not the CD. But if you like Rock well, it is ok. the Ted Nugent remake of stranglehold is good but the rest is tooo hard.

These boys rock..Nashville should be scared..If they dont like CCR they can kiss our ass..Stay true to pure Rock an Roll..Southern Style..Sweey Home Alabama!!!!

Old School Cross n Texas/OK-5 Stars Cross since going to Nashvegas-1 star. Point is Cross used to be good, but the new stuff sucks.

This is the best damn Ragweed album yet!! By the way the guy calling himself "straggler" is a dick lick!!

What a douche bag this guy is that calls himself straggler, what an insult to the The Stragglers calling himself that. This is the best CCR yet. Why make ignorant opinions when you dont know anything about CCR.

Hey cross, it seems no one told you its not the 70's anymore, where's the fiddle and steel guitar in your band. I heard it on the Wormy Dog and the remake of Whiskey River, but I guess that was the old days, yeah?! You and Mike McClure have done a complete 180. I want to hear some country not this bullshit rock. You guys have let me down, at least we still have Boland! Oh, and by the way I was at the family jam and that new song of yours sucks ass! Who gives a shit if you sister gave you all her 70's albums and you got stoned listen to them and STP was cool ten years ago. Whoever persuaded you to change from a certain kind of county to whatever you are playing now is a big bumbass, I bet it was Mike McClure!

I heard that Jeremy's bass guitar fell over on stage one night and gravy came out. . .Is Cross Canadian sounding more like a rock band now days? The real reality is that they never sounded in the least like a country band in the first place! I've been waiting a long time for this act to really double down on this blatant bait and switch effort. Deep down CC wants to play Motley Crue and Poison songs just like Pat Green wanted to sound like Mike and the Mechanics and just like Tim McGraw wanted to wear a mullet and sing ballads all night long. I do firmly believe that Cross Canadian gets the "what the F were you thinking" award for picking the worst so-called "producer" EVER. I don't even want to mention his name. When I saw the first Great Divide video on CMT in 1999 I thought it was some kind of joke. There was no way that anyone could have gave the green light to such an awful singer and songwriter. Someone did. For the life of me I can't understand why CC would enlist the "help" and "direction" of someone who couldn't make the first cut of Nashville Star. I'm glad that CC is getting into rock and roll - maybe someday they can sound like Linkin Park - but in the mean time I'm more interested in seeing them taking their bait and switch act back to Oklahoma.

Is Cross Canadian Ragweed sounding more like a rock band these days? Yes. Is that a bad thing? Not at all. Is the band’s latest release, “Soul Gravy” a quantum leap forward for the band? Well, not really. The album’s first two cuts, “Number” and “Again” are classic CCR-style pieces that offer up enough rock grit to satisfy any die hard rock ‘n roller without alienating the country crowd. “Lonely Girl” starts to pull from the country influences that have been a part of CCR for so long, and it adds a little pop sparkle as well. The only downfalls are the wandering guitar solos that never seem to go anywhere and tend to lack focus. “Sick and Tired” brings some slow-dancing country flavor back in with a little help from LeeAnn Womack on harmony vocals. The barn-burnin’ sixth track, “Hammer Down” has that “push the accelerator to the floor” type of feel to it. This song has potential to be one of the explosive high points of CCR’s live shows. Cody Canada gives a tender solo effort to the acoustic guitar-carried “Flowers”. Despite CCR maturing into more of a rock-oriented band, Canada’s vocals really shine on the slower, softer tunes. It makes for good gravy. A cover of Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “Wanna Rock & Roll” gives an infectious dose of low down dirty blues rock (think George Thorogood). It injects a little spice to the gravy. Was that habanero gravy?!? CCR also offers up a new version of “Alabama”, originally released on the band’s second studio album, “Highway 377”. What the boys from Oklahoma still haven’t learned, though, is the sacred ancient philosophy of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The new, slower version of “Alabama” is downright boring as it plods along. “Pay” is a nicely written, simple kind of tune, lending the listener words to live by; IF you can live through another unfocused guitar solo. A favorite of their live shows for a while now, is an explosive cover of Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold”. CCR adds this tune as a hidden track at the end of “Soul Gravy”. Canada’s vocals on this song aren’t quite as stratospheric as those by Derek St. Holmes on Nugent’s original, but Canada manages them with convincing authority. “Soul Gravy” brings Mike McClure back as producer. McClure, who produced CCR’s last studio effort (dubbed “Purple” by the band), falls short on the production quality of “Gravy”. The production is clean enough, but dull and uninspiring. These tracks don’t hit you over the head with a sledgehammer, they’re just kind flat across the whole CD. An example is Jeremy Plato’s bass solo on “Stranglehold”: you’ll need to turn the volume up to hear it. Production-wise, “Gravy” isn’t in the same league as “Purple” or “Highway 377”. Overall, “Gravy” lacks punch. Still, the songs will attract new listeners, but remain fresh enough to keep the fans who’ve been around for a while happy. Recommended.