Green Room Blues is the second and final album from Michigan

Michigan

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 rockabilly

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 band The Deluxtone Rockets

The Deluxtone Rockets

The Deluxtone Rockets are a band from Muskegon, Michigan. They began as a punk band, but by the time of their signing to Tooth & Nail Records they had evolved into a swing revival outfit....

. Musically the album changes the bands' direction from swing to rockabilly and winds up sounding, according to CCM magazine, something like "Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

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 head butting with Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

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" HM went further, stating that the transformation was "like comparing Britney Spears

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 to Pedro the Lion

Pedro the Lion

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The album has a sordid production history, as two of the producers died during production, Dennis Danell

Dennis Danell

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 and Gene Eugene

Gene Eugene

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. The effort was eventually completed by Chris Colbert. The album is named after Gene Eugene's recording studio, The Green Room

The Green Room

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, in Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach, California

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. "Love Song" is a cover of the song by The Cure

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Track listing

1. "Broken Heart"
2. "Love Song"
3. "Darkest Night"
4. "2,000 Miles"
5. "Downslide"
6. "Costa Mesa"
7. "Redemption"
8. "Doing Time"
9. "Open Road"
10. "Wolftown Blues"
11. "Judgement Day"