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16 Dec 06 - 06:06 PM (#1911327) Subject: North Mississippi Allstars From: Jerry Rasmussen We got a HD television a couple of weeks ago, and I'm discovering all sorts of new (for me) music. Tonight, I happened to click on the TV, and here comes this young white kid... looks like he's in his twenties .. stolling out onto the stage. He picks up a cigar box, one string guitar and whips right in to Mississippi Boll Weavil, capturing all the feel of the Masked Marvel recording on the Anthology Of American Folk Music. The guitar was plugged in, and the group has a black electric bass player and a drummer. They call themselves the North Mississippi Allstars. Turns out, they must have been around a long time, as they have something like five albums out. I went right in, checked out Amazon.com and ordered one of their CDs... something about an electric watermelon. The first cut on the CD is Mississippi Boll Weavil, and I really wanted to have it. Now, if electricity shocks you, they may not be the band for you, but how cool is it that some kid in his twenties, who comes off a little like John Fogarty, is making his own cigar box, one string guitar, playing it with a slide and sounding like the Masked Marvel recording. Way cool, I'd say. Anybody else heard of these guys? This is an American thread (maybe we need a prefix, just so's you English Cats know we iz still around.) Jerry |
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16 Dec 06 - 10:38 PM (#1911455) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: GUEST,Dani OH yeah. Big fan! Glad they're getting around! Electric washboard blew me away. Dani |
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16 Dec 06 - 10:59 PM (#1911459) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: katlaughing WOW!! Thanks for the heads-up! Here's the "listen" part of their website: CLICK. |
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16 Dec 06 - 11:20 PM (#1911474) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: katlaughing Here's one review from Amazon. I liked the song samples I found there, too! Amazon.com Blues revivalists? Jam band? Power trio? Psychedelic tripsters? Southern rockers? While previous releases have found the pride of North Mississippi exploring various manifestations of their musical identity, on Electric Blue Watermelon they pull everything together and bring their artistic progression full circle. While acknowledging the seminal influence of Delta bluesman Charley Patton ("Mississippi Bollweevil") and fife master Otha Turner ("Teasin' Brown," "Bounce Ball"), the album finds common spirit in contemporary hip-hop on "No Mo" and "Stompin' My Foot," with guest rapper Al Kapone helping the band bridge past and future. Lucinda Williams teams with guitarist Luther Dickinson for a playful duet on "Hurry Up Sunrise," while steel guitarist Robert Randolph and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band extend the album's aural palette. Over the course of almost seven and a half minutes, "Mean Ol' World Wind Down" takes the listener on a musical journey from fife-and-drum roots through Bo Diddley insistence to Allman Brothers expansiveness. No matter how far they extend their musical vistas, the Allstars are always bringing it all back home. --Don McLeese |
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17 Dec 06 - 03:21 AM (#1911537) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: Roger the Skiffler I have their record with Othar Turner: great stuff RtS |
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17 Dec 06 - 06:20 AM (#1911610) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: Ernest Electic Washboard???? I pictured someone with a washing machine round his neck - but it was just a normal one... :0( |
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17 Dec 06 - 12:55 PM (#1911861) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: GUEST,Dani Yep, strapped on, metallic and wired for sound! Dani |
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11 Apr 10 - 12:08 AM (#2884019) Subject: RE: North Mississippi Allstars From: katlaughing Max just played them on the blues radio show he does on Sat. nights. reminded me of this thread and how much I liked them! |