2006-04-19
A folksy, guitar-slinging album that requires a double take when you realize that Willy is only 19 years old. Mason’s style harkens to the rugged, dirt-road roots of blues brothers like the great Johnny Cash and more current acts like Jackie Greene. Though he is still a young man, Mason’s voice booms and rolls along with his guitar on this powerful backwoods album. Listeners will certainly look forward to future works by this rising folk star. Check out the cowboy ballad #6 “Hard Hand to Hold”, #9 “Our Town”, and the countercultural anthem #11 “Oxygen”.Black Jake and the Carnies
Sundry Mayhems
DAVE ALVIN
ELEVEN ELEVEN
David Berkeley
After the Wrecking Ships
MARTIN ZELLAR & THE HARDWAYS
Roosters Crow
Jess Klein
Strawberry Lover
SOUTHSSIDE JOHNNY & THE POOR FOOLS
SONGS FROM THE BARN
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