Blackfoot-Marauder

Marauder

For Blackfoot every fan cherishes "Strikes","Tomcattin'" and "Marauder." Marauder is the best album of the Blackfoot trio. Starting out with the head banging "Good Morning", complete with a ghoulish Rickey Medlocke laugh, and finishing with a song every one can relate to "Searchin'" this album is a solid effort by this unheralded band. The only song that is a slight let down is "Rattlesnake Rock n Roller" which tries to cash is on the sucess of "Train Train." "Diary of a Working Man" is my favorite Blackfoot song. The lyrics tell the story of a man who has lost the only thing that mattered in his life, his wife. Now the working man decides that there no option except to take his life. This is a tragic song but it grabs the listeners attention as the listener envisions this man's life flashing before his eyes as he reaches his final decision. As a group that prided itself as being a hard working band this songs shows that Rickey Medlocke and Jackson Spires realized there is more to life than work. It is hard to believe this album is twenty years old, but the songs still remain poignant. One has to chuckle when a hand clap is recorded in the background of the song "Too Hard to Handle" after the lyric "he caught a case of unlucky love."

Overall this album is the best release from one of the most under appreciated rock bands in America. Long live the Blackfoot legacy.