The Radio Kings, by Michael Dinallo

The Radio Kings

by Michael Dinallo

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1.	Can't Keep A Good Man Down 04:46	info	buy track
2.	Donna 04:30	info	buy track
3.	She Belongs To Me 03:02	info	buy track
4.	Watch the Trains Roll By 04:09	info	buy track
5.	The Moanin' Blues 03:50	info	buy track
6.	Everything's Gonna Be All Light 05:20	info	buy track
7.	Pallet on the Floor 04:46	info	buy track
8.	Evil Love 03:00	info	buy track
9.	I'm Not Trippin' 05:39	info	buy track
10.	You Got to Die 04:45	info	buy track
11.	You're Gonna Make Me Cry 05:14	info	buy track

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Everything comes full circle.

“You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down” states the opening track of The Radio Kings reissue on Memphis International Records. The album was originally released on Gibraltar Records in 2009.

You also can’t keep a good band down – some have said a great band. We won’t disagree. In 1994, The Radio Kings made their debut album, It Ain’t Easy, for Icehouse Records, owned by Johnny Phillips. The album was co-produced by Jay Sheffield – who would later go on to mange the band. Now, here we are thirty years later with the reissue of The Radio Kings on Memphis International Records, owned by Johnny Phillips and his son Jeff Phillips. Everything comes full circle.

The Radio Kings includes seven new songs from the pens of Michael Dinallo & Brian Templeton. The Memphis influenced “Can’t Keep A Good Man Down” to the Dion meets California pop of “Donna” to the bluesier “The Moanin’ Blues” and “Watch The Trains Roll By.” There’s “Everything Is Gonna Be All Light,” a heavy, blues-funk workout, the industrial-jungle blues of “Evil Love”, and last but certainly not least “I’m Not Trippin,’” an almost Orbison-like dreamy ballad.

Also on the record are “Pallet on the Floor” and “You Got to Die” both re-workings of traditional tunes. The Magic Sam song “She Belongs to Me” and O.V. Wright’s “You’re Gonna Make Me Cry” round out the record – these classic blues and soul tunes go back to the roots of the band’s earliest shows in 1991.

Gibraltar Records under exclusive license to Memphis International Records.

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credits

released April 12, 2024

Brian Templeton – vocals, harmonica
Michael Dinallo – electric, acoustic, & baritone guitars
Steve Sadler – lap steel
Dean Cassell – bass
Andy Plaisted – drums
Ducky Carlisle – percussion & clavinet

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Michael Dinallo & Ducky Carlisle aka The Tremolo Twins
Associate producer – Brian Templeton
Recorded at Ice Station Zebra in Medford, Massachusetts
Executive producer – George Wyckoff
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering in Phoenix, Arizona

**Gibraltar Records under exclusive license to Memphis International Records.**

This reissue is dedicated to our loving memory of Ducky Carlisle. Peace, Brother

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