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..Greenwood, Mississippi's Gants came roaring out of the blocks in '65 with a hit version of "Road Runner" and a whirlwind tour with the Animals. Road Runner! The Best Of The Gants highlights their Liberty albums and non-LP singles, including classic Lennon-esque melodies by singer/guitarist Sid Herring and Diddley-beat ravers. Produced in cooperation with the Gants and sourced from the master tapes, Road Runner! is a veritable Gants cornucopia, with never-before-seen photos, the scoop from Sid Herring and Ugly Things editor Mike Stax, and 20 exciting tracks!..Sid Herring..s The Gants were a well-schooled bunch who played with incredible conviction. (They were known as Mississippi..s answer to The Beatles and it..s easy to hear why.) Herring was a brilliant writer and singer, who managed to capture the vocal nuances of both Lennon and McCartney at the same time, in the same song. ..I Wonder.. is a Nuggets classic and shows an American slant on Merseybeat, whilst ..Smoke Rings.. shows their tougher side...Sundazed..s Road Runner! focuses on 20 of their more raw sounding garage band moments... - Shindig Magazine..Some cool, punky ..60s music that also exhibits strong Merseybeat influences...Like so many other Sundazed obscuro retrospectives, the cream of the crop is given a terrific new mix and is presented with an insightful history of the band including photos and trivia from the Gants about their glory days. Great ..66 punk stomp with a classy edge. Yahoo!.. - Flipside.....the Gants were the closest America got to the sound of the Beatles. Singer Herring..s Lennon-like whine is clear, but the Gants sound a bit harder and more garage-sounding, like Paul Revere & the Raiders...The 20 tracks on this album taken from the original Liberty releases is a perfect set of moods and tones. If the Beatles had come from Mississippi, this is how they would have sounded!.. - Record Collector..Listening to Mississippi..s 1960s contribution to the beat combo wars, one can only wonder how The Gants didn..t make it. With a reputedly dynamite live show, a strong studio production, tight ensemble musicianship and an almost Lennonesque talent in songwriter/guitarist Sid Herring, they had it all. Four of these songs missed being hits by a less than a hair and even the Fab Four, Herring..s undeniable heroes, would have been proud to record the teen pathos-laden ..I Wonder,.. the orchestrated ..Greener Days.. or the Rubber Soul outtake that never was called ..I Want Your Lovin..... For fans of 1966 and all that... - MOJO..The Gants, Mississippi..s finest 60..s garage pop band, are finally getting the credit belatedly due them thanks to Sundazed...A damn fine listen... - Hit List..Greenwood, Mississippi..s Gants were deep South Beatles with a Peter Noone lookalike to pull the girls. They were damned accomplished for a bunch of high school kids, and over the course of this disc you see them get quite ambitious without faltering. Includes their great take of ..Roadrunner,.. fierce versions of ..Gloria.. and ..Stormy Weather,.. and the classic Gants original ..(You Can..t Blow) Smoke Rings....... - Scram
