Author: JD Nash

“I feel if you don’t go out there, if you don’t mingle among the people, how are you going to know what they need to know, and hear what they need to hear? That’s the good part. That’s the best part. Just treat everyone right.”

The sounds of the record travel between raw blues and psychedelic sounds, but the Old No. 5s always seem to find their way back home to pure, timeless rock and roll sound.

“I had a pretty good memory of this material, but when I actually heard it again I was delighted that it really is great.  Sam was always strangely unconcerned about stardom, but he was a star anyway.  When you play the record, you’ll see what I mean.” – Mitch Easter

As Monk tells it, the song comes from his mother’s words, as he was growing up: “She used to tell me that all the time when I was a kid. She used to say ‘Shut up, you think you be a preacher?’ Ha ha ha. She always said the right thing.”

“I enjoy the things that challenge me and make me feel something more than just comfortable. That’s where ‘Dirty’ comes from. That place I wish to fill with art and not comforts.” – Cody Brooks

The Peter Green-ish track is beautifully recorded, and is more about attitude than age.

A ton of artists have released music mid-pandemic to bring a feel good vibe to their fans. Elizabeth King has gifted this album to the world.

“It’s not just soul music, it’s soul-full music. You can take any genre from punk to blues to reggae to whatever, and if it’s soul-full then it’s soul.” – Sam Huber

Jackson’s voice is low and powerful, and his rhythm section is tighter than a Georgia tick on a coonhound. When combined they make for a brilliant blues album.

BC & The Big Rig mean business. Lyrically, these are exceptional tales, woven by master storytellers. Sonically, the band couldn’t be more on point if they were perched atop the North Pole.