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everywhere, but it is just as likely to draw in teenagers of all ages for a groovy dance party. If I was asked to describe this record in a sin- gle word, I wouldn’t bat an eye. “Fun” would be my answer. That pretty much describes the album. Dig it, if you can!


-Michael Buffalo Smith


Willie Farmer The Man from the Hill (Big Legal Mess Records) Willie Farmer, an


auto mechanic from


Duck Hill, Mississippi, who’s owned his own shop for over forty years, scores huge with his splendid new blues album, The Man from the Hill. Recorded at Delta Sonic Sound in Mem- phis, Farmer enlists top-tier talent to back him, like Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zip- pers), Will Sexton, Mark Edgar Stuart, and Al Gamble (St.Paul and the Broken Bones) I love that rolling rhythm embedded into Farmer’s songs. On Junior Kimbrough’s “Feel So Bad”, which leads the album off, the riff is unavoidably hypnotic and alluring. He also rolls out a hearty cover of “Shake It,” originally from Jessie Mae Hemphill. “I am the Lightning,” is also heavily soaked in the North Mississippi hill country waters. It just pulls me right on in. This track in particular also appears on an upcoming release called Blue Muse, a various artist collection from the Music Maker Relief Foundation. An avid churchgoer who still plays


every Friday, Farmer also represents the sweet sounds of old-school gospel music with The Sensational Nightengales’ “At the Meet- ing”. Farmer has a special way of bringing the listener right into the songs he sings. When he sings “Daddy Was Right”, it’s an ab- solute heart-breaker. This is definitely an album to keep an


eye out for. I can’t get enough of it. - Phillip Smith


Jason Ringenberg Stand Tall (Courageous Chicken) When I first discovered


Jason, he was the front man for Jason and the Scorchers, and I had never


seen or heard anything quite like his “cow punk” music. It was high energy, from “Bro- ken Whiskey Glass” to his rocking cover of Dylan’s “Absolute Sweet Marie.” The good news is, even after all these years. Nobody can duplicate that sound, Jason is Jason. From the western TV/movie style instrumental title track, the gloves are off and the PBR is flow- ing freely. “Lookin’ Back Blues” is a bit of witty


wordplay “I got the Lookin’ Back blues, and I don’t mean Luchenbach, Texas.” It’s a goodie, but so is “John the Baptist was a Real Humdinger” and my personal favorite, “God Bless the Ramones.” Gabba gabba hey! “Hobo Bill’s Last Ride” is a good country song that pays tribute to a true hero character, complete with quasi-yodeling. That’s what I’m talking about. “Many Happy Hangovers to You” is a lovely sentiment if ever there was one. So, I am having a brain storm. How about a tour with Jason and Unknown Hin- son. Two chart topping country legends. Natch. Break out the party liquor!


-Michael Buffalo Smith


Paul Nelson Over Under Through (Riverwide Records) Over Under Through, the new album from Paul Nel- son is a powerful one to


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