A mix of blues, dustbowl and Allman Brothers are delivered by singer/guitarist Brad Absher with Matt Martin/dr, Dylan Layton/b, Jake Hemphil/g, Danny Dimms/org, EZ Mireles/key and a handful of backup singers. Absher’s got a rough and ready voice, primed for tasty swamp pieces like “Be the Luv” and the funky “Should Be Prayin’”. A dash of the Allman Brothers is felt when Timms hits the Hammond on “Goodbye For Now” and the rocking “Hard Times” with the team getting jazzy with a horn section on on the swingin’ “So Tired” and the leader getting gospel blue on “Turn It Up”. Home cooking.
Vocalist Eric Woodring teams up with Rick Richards/dr, Jack Sunders/g-b-perc, Lloyd Maines/pedst, Eleanor Whitmore/fid, Geoff Queen/pedst, Robbie Sunders/g, Paul English/p and other guests for some dark toned southern spells. There’s a mix of Cajun for “Someone Made For You” while hints of early Eagles is palpable for “Just A Waitin”. The team shows some swamp chops for “Anywhere The Highway Goes” and there’s some nice pedal steel for the dusty roads of “Someone Made For You” and “This Cowboy”. Home spun.
Dennis Johnson slides harder than Ricky Henderson on this mix of rural and southern blues with Anton Fig/g, Jonathan Styoanoff/b and Bob Fridzema/B3-p. A mix of Joe Bonamassa and Derek Trucks deliver some nifty picking on the shuffling “Talk To You”, with Fig laying down a swampy beat on a deliberate take of “Going Down”. There’s some back porch delta moods with Johnson going acoustic for “Salvation Bound” and a folksy read of the dark “Please Don’t Go”. The band boogies like ZZ Top on “32-20 Blues” and gets funky on “Lonesome Valley”. Some nice hook sliding into third.