--- product_id: 36155010 title: "Mudcrutch" price: "¥7078" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/36155010-mudcrutch store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Mudcrutch **Price:** ¥7078 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mudcrutch - **How much does it cost?** ¥7078 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/36155010-mudcrutch) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Mudcrutch contains 14 old and new tracks. "We would play and then we would just talk about the old days," says Tom Leadon, who left the band in 1972. Mudcrutch was a rock band from Gainesville, Florida best known for being the forerunner of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Tom Petty's first band, the Sundowners changed their name to the Epics, and around 1970, the Epics became Mudcrutch. Much like the Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, Mudcrutch served as the house band at Dub's Diner in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida. Review: Great Musicians Having Fun Making Great Music - Mudcrutch After thirty-something years this formerly obscure Gainesville, Florida band that includes Tom Petty (bass guitar and vocals), Mike Campbell (lead guitar) and Benmont Tench (keyboards and vocals) from TPATH, plus original MUDCRUTCH members Tom Leadon (guitar and vocals) and Randall Marsh (drums) has finally released it's first album. If you are looking for a hard core, strictly rock'n'roll album typical of early TPATH records, it's time to move on. If, however, you enjoy hearing a tight rock'n'roll band venture into country, R&B, and traditional folk music intermingled with rock'n'roll, read on. "MUDCRUTCH" explores swamp, stomp, twang, and Southern psychedelic elements intermixed with rock'n'roll throughout its 14 tracks. Early influences on the band are represented by several of the capably-performed covers that are included: "Six Days on The Road" previously done by the Flying Burrito Brothers and others, and "Lover of the Bayou" by Roger McGuinn and the Byrds. The frogs audible at the beginning of "Lover of the Bayou" performed gratis and are not credited in the liner notes. Tom Leadon reprised the only original MUDCRUTCH song on the album "Queen of the Go-Go Girls", which has a country sound and recounts numerous gigs played by the band during the early 1970s at Dubs, a topless bar and steakhouse in Gainesville. The band's rendition of an old Applachian folk song "Shady Grove" is beautifully done with Petty and Leadon sharing lead vocals and harmony. They are familiar enough with each other from the early days such that their phrasing and harmonies sound as if they have been singing together for much longer than is actually the case. Playing bass appears to free up Petty to do some of the most interesting vocals that he has shared with us in years. The arrangement, guitar work and keyboards on another old traditional song "June Apple" are all right on. New original songs including "Scare Easy", "The Wrong Thing To Do", and "Bootleg Flier" are enjoyable and reminiscent of earlier TPATH songs. Another new song "House of Stone" reflects Tom's appreciation of good country music played by a capable band (versus "country music" played by bad rock bands with a fiddle)."Orphan of the Storm" is another new song with a country sound that is noteworthy. The distinctive beat and great bass work of "Topanga Cowgirl" has made it one of my favorite tracks on the album. The album also features a nice lead vocal done by Benmont Tench on an upbeat rock song that he wrote for the album "This Is a Good Street". Additionally, Benmont's fantastic keyboard work throughout makes a significant contribution to every track. The epic "Crystal River" may not survive being cut for radio play because of its length, but it alone is worth the price of the album. After multiple plays, I come away convinced that there is not a single weak track on the album. The best endorsement for buying this album may be Mike Campbell's comment that it is his favorite of all of the albums that he has contributed to. This from a musician that may well be the best lead guitarist working today. The entire album was done in ten days at Petty's home studio in Malibu without a single overdub on any of the fourteen tracks. "There are no ornaments," Campbell says of the music. "We performed without headphones in the studio, all live takes, playing in a circle." The members of MUDCRUTCH really enjoyed making this music and it clearly shows. Review: Classic Country Rock, and the Bass Player Looks Familiar - In the early `70s a young band from Gainesville loaded up the van, drove to southern California, got signed, and cut a single that went nowhere. The record company liked the singer though, a skinny bass player, so the band reformulated around him and was rechristened Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The rest, as they say... Recently Petty got the old band together--- moving back to bass, bringing along Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, and enlisting original drummer Randall Marsh and singer-guitarist Tom Leadon, and the result is this record. It is a joy, the best one Petty has made in years. Mudcrutch is almost a time capsule, harkening back to that place and time when the Gram Parsons Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Eagles were inventing Country Rock in the late `60s and early `70s (they cover both the Byrds and the Burritos, and Leadon's brother was an Eagle.) When the first Petty record came out in '76, the jangle of "American Girl" did indeed have critics making Byrds comparisons (and McGuinn covering the song soon after didn't hurt.) Mudcrutch is far more solidly encamped in country rock than the Heartbreakers were, kind of like an alternate universe without the New Wave flavor. In concert at the Fillmore they were loose and easy, the whole band clearly having a blast, playing the whole record plus 2 Dylan covers and encoring with three classic 50s rockers. And Tom Leadon was the happiest guy west of the Mississippi. Petty does most, but not all of the singing; Campbell is his usual spot-on perfect self, and he and Leadon manage to rekindle the twin-guitar sound that they surely honed playing dives and topless bars in the early `70s (hence "Queen of the Go-Go Girls.) Tench lays down his honky tonk boogie woogie throughout the record. There is precedent for this sound in the Heartbreakers early work; songs like "Magnolia" or "What Are You Doing in My Life" could fit easily into the Mudcrutch oeuvre and both point toward this alternate universe, and the Heartbreakers have covered "The Image of Me," also covered by the Burritos, on the Playback box. In concert, Mudcrutch played "Crystal River" as the second-to-last song of the set. ("This is a song about a river that runs through Florida," said Petty, "and occasionally my mind.") It is a long simmering percolation, a sort of power ballad that feels like it is about to turn into "White Bird" at almost every turn. Petty's bass anchors the groove, while Campbell embarks on some divine exploratory guitar work with Leadon. I've seen others compare this song to the Allman Brothers, but to me the touchstone is Neil Young's "Down by the River." At nine minutes it is the set piece of the record. The triumph here is simple--- a record that sounds like fun, that you want to put on at your next summer barbeque, that manages to sound straight out of 1974 without sounding retro. It is one of the best records of the year, and I wouldn't object too strenuously at all to Mudcrutch II. Put in the CD Changer on shuffle with: Desparado, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, The Gilded Palace of Sin, You're Gonna Get It ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0016OOM8A | | Best Sellers Rank | #10,798 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #472 in Hard Rock (CDs & Vinyl) #1,135 in Metal #4,376 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (724) | | Date First Available | March 29, 2008 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 455868 | | Label | Reprise | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Reprise | | Number of discs | 3 | | Product Dimensions | 12.72 x 12.56 x 0.63 inches; 10.4 ounces | ## Images ![Mudcrutch - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81csQt2kQ8L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Musicians Having Fun Making Great Music *by D***S on May 4, 2008* Mudcrutch After thirty-something years this formerly obscure Gainesville, Florida band that includes Tom Petty (bass guitar and vocals), Mike Campbell (lead guitar) and Benmont Tench (keyboards and vocals) from TPATH, plus original MUDCRUTCH members Tom Leadon (guitar and vocals) and Randall Marsh (drums) has finally released it's first album. If you are looking for a hard core, strictly rock'n'roll album typical of early TPATH records, it's time to move on. If, however, you enjoy hearing a tight rock'n'roll band venture into country, R&B, and traditional folk music intermingled with rock'n'roll, read on. "MUDCRUTCH" explores swamp, stomp, twang, and Southern psychedelic elements intermixed with rock'n'roll throughout its 14 tracks. Early influences on the band are represented by several of the capably-performed covers that are included: "Six Days on The Road" previously done by the Flying Burrito Brothers and others, and "Lover of the Bayou" by Roger McGuinn and the Byrds. The frogs audible at the beginning of "Lover of the Bayou" performed gratis and are not credited in the liner notes. Tom Leadon reprised the only original MUDCRUTCH song on the album "Queen of the Go-Go Girls", which has a country sound and recounts numerous gigs played by the band during the early 1970s at Dubs, a topless bar and steakhouse in Gainesville. The band's rendition of an old Applachian folk song "Shady Grove" is beautifully done with Petty and Leadon sharing lead vocals and harmony. They are familiar enough with each other from the early days such that their phrasing and harmonies sound as if they have been singing together for much longer than is actually the case. Playing bass appears to free up Petty to do some of the most interesting vocals that he has shared with us in years. The arrangement, guitar work and keyboards on another old traditional song "June Apple" are all right on. New original songs including "Scare Easy", "The Wrong Thing To Do", and "Bootleg Flier" are enjoyable and reminiscent of earlier TPATH songs. Another new song "House of Stone" reflects Tom's appreciation of good country music played by a capable band (versus "country music" played by bad rock bands with a fiddle)."Orphan of the Storm" is another new song with a country sound that is noteworthy. The distinctive beat and great bass work of "Topanga Cowgirl" has made it one of my favorite tracks on the album. The album also features a nice lead vocal done by Benmont Tench on an upbeat rock song that he wrote for the album "This Is a Good Street". Additionally, Benmont's fantastic keyboard work throughout makes a significant contribution to every track. The epic "Crystal River" may not survive being cut for radio play because of its length, but it alone is worth the price of the album. After multiple plays, I come away convinced that there is not a single weak track on the album. The best endorsement for buying this album may be Mike Campbell's comment that it is his favorite of all of the albums that he has contributed to. This from a musician that may well be the best lead guitarist working today. The entire album was done in ten days at Petty's home studio in Malibu without a single overdub on any of the fourteen tracks. "There are no ornaments," Campbell says of the music. "We performed without headphones in the studio, all live takes, playing in a circle." The members of MUDCRUTCH really enjoyed making this music and it clearly shows. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic Country Rock, and the Bass Player Looks Familiar *by J***N on May 5, 2008* In the early `70s a young band from Gainesville loaded up the van, drove to southern California, got signed, and cut a single that went nowhere. The record company liked the singer though, a skinny bass player, so the band reformulated around him and was rechristened Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The rest, as they say... Recently Petty got the old band together--- moving back to bass, bringing along Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, and enlisting original drummer Randall Marsh and singer-guitarist Tom Leadon, and the result is this record. It is a joy, the best one Petty has made in years. Mudcrutch is almost a time capsule, harkening back to that place and time when the Gram Parsons Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Eagles were inventing Country Rock in the late `60s and early `70s (they cover both the Byrds and the Burritos, and Leadon's brother was an Eagle.) When the first Petty record came out in '76, the jangle of "American Girl" did indeed have critics making Byrds comparisons (and McGuinn covering the song soon after didn't hurt.) Mudcrutch is far more solidly encamped in country rock than the Heartbreakers were, kind of like an alternate universe without the New Wave flavor. In concert at the Fillmore they were loose and easy, the whole band clearly having a blast, playing the whole record plus 2 Dylan covers and encoring with three classic 50s rockers. And Tom Leadon was the happiest guy west of the Mississippi. Petty does most, but not all of the singing; Campbell is his usual spot-on perfect self, and he and Leadon manage to rekindle the twin-guitar sound that they surely honed playing dives and topless bars in the early `70s (hence "Queen of the Go-Go Girls.) Tench lays down his honky tonk boogie woogie throughout the record. There is precedent for this sound in the Heartbreakers early work; songs like "Magnolia" or "What Are You Doing in My Life" could fit easily into the Mudcrutch oeuvre and both point toward this alternate universe, and the Heartbreakers have covered "The Image of Me," also covered by the Burritos, on the Playback box. In concert, Mudcrutch played "Crystal River" as the second-to-last song of the set. ("This is a song about a river that runs through Florida," said Petty, "and occasionally my mind.") It is a long simmering percolation, a sort of power ballad that feels like it is about to turn into "White Bird" at almost every turn. Petty's bass anchors the groove, while Campbell embarks on some divine exploratory guitar work with Leadon. I've seen others compare this song to the Allman Brothers, but to me the touchstone is Neil Young's "Down by the River." At nine minutes it is the set piece of the record. The triumph here is simple--- a record that sounds like fun, that you want to put on at your next summer barbeque, that manages to sound straight out of 1974 without sounding retro. It is one of the best records of the year, and I wouldn't object too strenuously at all to Mudcrutch II. Put in the CD Changer on shuffle with: Desparado, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, The Gilded Palace of Sin, You're Gonna Get It ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by S***O on September 28, 2016* Tom Petty tiene esa xtraña cualida de crear canciones redondas un disco tras otro. Tras Mudcrutch se esconden él y el nucleo duro de sus heartbreakers para ofrecernos 14 temas de bella factura --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/36155010-mudcrutch](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/36155010-mudcrutch) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*