Awesome album - I've been listening to Bad Livers for a long time and they swing from old-time gospel to driving rock. He does both well, but if you're looking for traditional bluegrass, this ain't it. This album leans more to the rock end of the spectrum. It's really it's own genre - metal grass? crass grass?
Awesome work by a master. This is not a bluegrass banjo cd, it is a cd of carefully, caringly crafted songs about humans, their frailties and their strengths. Musically Danny shines on banjo and guitar,there are some great horns, fantastic percussion and I need to shut up. I could go on but the more I write the more I realize that in the end my words cannot do it justice. Give a listen for yourself.
They're the beneficiaries of a rather unlikely tribute album and a primary inspiration and/or influence for numerous contemporary string bands, from the high-profile Carolina Chocolate Drops to Geoff Muldaur's one-off collaborators the Texas Sheiks. No doubt about it, the Mississippi Sheiks are happening these days. But then, they always have been - at least to the extent that's possible for musicians who thrived in the first half of the 1930s. When they formed around Jackson, Mississippi,… more »
