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Saturday, February 29, 2020

The Hadacol Hotshots
Rhythm of the Southbound Train
single
(Cool and Crazy Records)




Witty Western Swing, betokening pastoral Americana for which Hezzie was ever ready.

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Video: "Sitting On Top of the World" (live)


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Kyle Lalone
Somewhere In Between 
(self)



5-track disc from an LA-based, Berklee graduate with experiential grit amongst his songs, throat, and Tele.

Recommended: "Think Myself To Death," "Our Love," "Warning Signs," "Always Trying To Quit," "Not Gonna Drink Over You." 


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The Obscuritones
Don't Stop Her
(self / Brockwell Records)



Given the brisk 'billy, ambient hoots, and generally sanguine spirit, I suspect this was as much fun for them as it is for us.

Recommended: "Busy Mama," "Enjoy Every Day," "Runnin' For the Train," "You Know," "Don't Put Any Flowers On My Grave," "Waiting For My Baby, "South of the River."

Videos: "Busy Mama," "Enjoy Every Day" "You Know," "Don't Put Any Flowers On My Grave"


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Sherry and the Rockafellas
Rockabilly Bop (self)
single




It was gettin' in the sock like this that kicked to one side the mawkish pop Hit Parade, and forever cracked open the world.  

Video: "Rockabilly Bop" 
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The Hadacol Hotshots
Rhythm of the Southbound Train
single
(Cool and Crazy Records)





Witty Western Swing, betokening pastoral Americana for which Hezzie was ever ready.

Audio clip


Video: "Sitting On Top of the World" (live)


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CD Baby 


Saturday, February 15, 2020

Don Leady
Dos Rios 
(self / Leray Music)



Tail Gator Don Leady leads two combos through instrumental interpretations of provocative Latin American folk musics. Piquance is announced by accordian, drums, upright bass and bajo sexto

Recommended: "Cumbia De Medianoche 2," "Brinco," "El Rio," "Samba Parade," "Blue Cumbia 2," "Velve Me Amour," "Desvelada," "Columbia Cumbia 1," "Cumbia De Medianoche 1."

Video: "El Rio"


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Rhythm Dragons 
Ring In Ring Out
(self)



So disarming are the novel songcraft and pacific tones that you don't so much espy the bold effectiveness as intuit its weight.

Recommended: "New Pair of Blues," "Music of Division," "Dash, Young or Old," "Ring In Ring Out," "Button Von Brown," "Don't Go X 6," "I Should Have Asked."

Video: Live in 2015 (20 min.)

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Hired Gun Trio
Sup Hombre?
(self)


Sometimes, uninspired musical confections seem so prevalent (being market-dictated) one speculates future years may completely lack the fire of genuine rock 'n' roll. Then a disc like this jumps up, and trepidation is crushed under foot. 

Recommended: "Bobby Lee," "Please Mama Please," "Honey Don't," "Rumble/Miserlou," "Amor de Apache," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Leave My Kitten Alone," "Boots."

Video: "Bobby Lee"
           "Please Mama Please" (live in studio)
           "Little Red Riding Hood" (live)
           "Leave My Kitten Alone" (live)
           "Boots" (live)



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Porter Wagoner
On the Road 
(RCA / Legacy)




After Sunday morning preaching, family and friends broke bread in celebration. Simple dishes covered the dining table. Laughter bounced off faded clapboard walls.

All later gathered in the living room. Time for The Thin Man From West Plains, Missouri. His sequined Nudie suits, ingratiating grin, and rustic drawl matched his faithful renditions of regular-folks airs, ones to which the hardworking who believed in something better could relate.

His eyes fixed on the flickering screen, a shy kid vowed to buy a guitar. 

Recommended: "Dooley," "One Way Ticket To the Blues," "I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car From Him" (Norma Jean), "Turkey In the Straw" (Mack Magaha and Buck Trent), "Old Camp Meeting Time," "Where the Old Red River Flows" (George McCormick), "Country Music Has Gone To Town," "Camptown Races" (George McCormick), "Don't Ever Take No For An Answer" (Speck Rhodes), "Green, Green Grass of Home," "Katy Hill" (Mack Magah and Buck Trent).

Videos: "Green, Green Grass of Home"
           "Turkey In the Straw"
           "I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car From Him"
           "Don't Ever Take No For An Answer"
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