Blue Steel - No More Lonely Nights (1979)

They play a loose style of AOR, they appear on the Infinity Records label, and they are obscure. Compeling reasons don´t you think? Based in Los Angeles, these guys were fairly good friends with artists like The Eagles and Jackson Browne, Though their music didn´t sound as west coast as those two.
Described as lightwight boogie, i´d venture to suggest they are more ´well-rounded´ than that, though they do have a southern slant, like the Danny Joe Brown Band.
This is Blue Steel's first album, released in 1979, and quite a nice rocking little album. Hailed from Texas, this is nothing like ZZ Top. Instead you get a tight, sometimes slightly Poppy but very pleasing slice of vinyl (courtesy of Luc and cleaned up by yours truly). It's not so much the songs that shout out Southern Rock. The playing very much is, though.
There's Rock, Pop, Rock & Roll, and a nice hats off to Waylon & Willie. But I love the playing, especially the guitars accompanying these tracks. Everything else is quite ion order as well. I might not take this with me if I had to spend the rest of my life on a deserted island, but this is hardly punishment to the ears. If you like your songs short and sweet, well-written and well-performed, then this might be your cup of tea. If not, there's always one or two songs on this record that would make for a nice addition to your own Southern Rock compilation.

Track listing

01. "No More Lonely Nights" (Marc Durham & John Herron) - 3:51
02. "Bulldog" (Richard Bowden) - 3:18
03. "Guitar Song" (Leonard Arnold) - 3:19
04. "Baby, You Can't Dance" (Richard Bowden) - 3:42
05. "Twist One Up" (Marc Durham) - 4:43
06. "Shark" (Dwight Twilley) - 2:20
07. "I Should Be Sleeping" (Richard Bowden) - 2:27
08. "Honey Dew" (Leonard Arnold) - 3:02
09. "Take Me" (Howard Burke, Marc & Maria Durham) - 3:09
10. "Willie And Waylon" (Leonard Arnold) - 3:11
11. "Hoo-Doo-Voo-Doo" (Marc Durham & John Herron) - 3:11

Credits
Leonard Arnold  Guitar 
Richard Bowden  Guitar 
Howard Burke  Guitar 
Mark Durham  Bass 
Michael Huey  Drums 
Mickey McGee  Drums 
Ken Perry  Mastering 
Producer – Blue Steel, Max, Noah Shark

Notes
This album is dedicated to the memory of Jerry Dale Surratt.
Recorded at Shelter Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Mastered at Capitol Studios by Ken Perry
Genre: Rock
Lenght: 35:57
Label: Infinity Records

© 1979