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Thursday, February 7, 2019

The Twilight Drifters
10 Lively Melodies (self)

Clean as a hound's tooth, and immersed in country-blues vibe. Barn dance twinkle-toes time.

Recommended: "Driftin' In the Twilight," "Nobody Like Me," "Rhonda Lee," "There's Another Place," "Raining Kisses," "Struttin'," "Little Lizzy"

Video: "Driftin' In the Twilight"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWl-L-j3SA

http://www.twilightdrifters.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thetwilightdrifters/

https://thetwilightdrifters.bandcamp.com/album/10-lively-melodies

Gin Gypsy
Just Like Candy (self)

Push aside tomes of whose crucialness braniacs lecture, and settle on the truth that in this spare rock'n'roll can be found all the joys necessary to lives rewarding.

Recommended: "Bathtub Gin," "Haircut," "Night Owl," "What Brings You Back," "No Nevermind," "Ring Around Rosie"

Video: "Bathtub Gin"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD5kAYepBeI

https://www.facebook.com/GinGypsy/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/gingypsy#

https://www.amazon.com/Just-Like-Candy/dp/B07N851CJK

Fired Up
Hot Rod 55 (self)

When the lights go down and music charges at top volume in all directions, a wickedly scarlet merriment jumps in every carbonated bloodstream.

The band tells me a follow-up to this 2009 disc is in the works. Bring it on.

Recommended: "Donna Wants a Hot Rod," "Six Guns," "Incinerator Blues," "She's a Curse"

Video: "Donna Wants a Hot Rod" (live, 2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ1EWfPt7Yo

https://www.facebook.com/Hot-Rod-55-232997603382391/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/hotrod55

https://www.amazon.com/Fired-Up-Hot-Rod-55/dp/B001RWYPKG

https://open.spotify.com/album/19fkhdK1ey09JE4yVuA3Vs

Jason Ringenberg
Stand Tall
(Courageous Chicken Entertainment)

Words and music can advance no nobler cause than articulation of humanity, no matter its station. Jason knows exactly what he's doing in one of the finest ways possible. And rugs are rolled back.

Recommended: Hobo Bill's Last Ride," "God Bless the Ramones," "Lookin' Back Blues," "Stand Tall," "I'm Walking Home," "Almost Home," "Here In the Sequoias," "John Muir Stood Here"

Video: "God Bless the Ramones" (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Rs2terqsI

https://jasonringenberg.com/home

https://www.facebook.com/jasonringenbergmusic

https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Tall-Jason-Ringenberg/dp/B07KMTNNB2

Dale Watson
Call Me Lucky
(Red House / Compass)

The bouncing title cut is triumphant on its own merits, but also serves as ingress to a variegated plethora of experiential paeans familiar to anyone who's punched a clock, hot-rodded on a summer day, or realized the worth of a special one.

Recommended: "Call Me Lucky," "The Dumb Song," "Tupelo Mississippi and a '57 Fairlane," "Haul Off and Do It," "David Buxkemper," "Inside View," "You Weren't Supposed To Feel This Good"

Video: "Call Me Lucky" (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suy-EBCmeu8

https://www.dalewatson.com/

https://www.facebook.com/theDaleWatson/

https://store.compassrecords.com/products/call-me-lucky

https://www.amazon.com/Call-Me-Lucky-DALE-WATSON/dp/B07KM16S37

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/call-me-lucky/1443882123

https://open.spotify.com/album/1mTBYWyAayroy3FvHfdd4y

Clint Bradley
Soul of the West
(Bluelight Records)

Ray Allen
Personally
(Rhythm Bomb)

At each slippin' and slidin' twinkling, there rise from this spartan splendor gem-virtues too cool to put off until future days.

Recommended: "Divorce," "Girl Crazy," "Just Give Me Time," "Don't Hold Your Breath," "Kiss Me," "Jersey Pearl," "Blues Let Me Be," "Goodbye Little Baby of Mine"

Audio teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFyRMxOxQGk

https://www.facebook.com/RayAllenAndHisBand/

http://www.rhythmbomb.com/ray-allen-personally/

https://www.facebook.com/rhythmbomb/