Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man
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Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man was the first full-length album
by Marietta, Georgia
jangle pop
pers Guadalcanal Diary
. The album was released in 1984 and was produced by Don Dixon. It was reissued on CD by Rhino Handmade in 2003, with additional tracks from the Watusi Rodeo
EP, the B-side "Johnny B. Goode", and the previously unreleased track "Just an Excuse".
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Marietta, Georgia
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
jangle pop
Jangle pop
Jangle pop is a genre of alternative rock from the mid-1980s that "marked a return to the chiming or jangly guitars and pop melodies of the '60s" bands such as The Byrds, with their electric twelve-string guitars and power pop song structures. Mid-1980s jangle pop was a non-mainstream "pop-based...
pers Guadalcanal Diary
Guadalcanal Diary (band)
Guadalcanal Diary is an alternative jangle pop group. They originated in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, but they were often billed as being "from Athens, Georgia" in the early 1980s. The band formed in 1981 and disbanded in 1989. They reformed in 1997, but never recorded any new material...
. The album was released in 1984 and was produced by Don Dixon. It was reissued on CD by Rhino Handmade in 2003, with additional tracks from the Watusi Rodeo
Watusi Rodeo
Watusi Rodeo was the debut independent EP from the American jangle pop group Guadalcanal Diary. It was released in 1983 on DB Records. The album was later re-released by Rhino Handmade on the same CD as their re-release of the band's debut LP, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man."Watusi Rodeo" was...
EP, the B-side "Johnny B. Goode", and the previously unreleased track "Just an Excuse".
Track listing
- "Trail of Tears" - 2:24
- "Fire From Heaven" - 3:52
- "Sleepers Awake" - 3:10
- "Gilbert Takes the Wheel" (instrumental) - 2:32
- "Ghosts on the Road" - 2:47
- "Watusi Rodeo" - 2:36
- "Heathen Rage" - 3:04
- "Pillow Talk" - 1:57
- "Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man (Part 1)" (instrumental) - 4:34
- "Kum-Ba-Yah (live)" - 3:40
Bonus Tracks on Limited Edition
- "Johnny B. Goode" - 3:45
- "Michael Rockefeller" - 4:55
- "Liwa Wechi" - 2:51
- "John Wayne" - 3:11
- "Dead Eyes" - 3:19
- "Just an Excuse" - 2:53