This album contains some of the noisiest and most unapologetically down-home blues recorded in the post-war era. Hezekiah Early and Elmo Williams are both semi-professional musicians, but both play and sing as if their life depended on it, with force and power. The blues this duo plays are decidedly modern (even post-modern), and would appeal to any fan of Sonic Youth's white noise rock and Captain Beefheart's Dadaesque R&B. Williams' guitar on "Hoopin' and Hollern'" sounds like it was played through a completely fired amp, and Early's harp on "Insane Instrumental" sounds like a trucker grinding gears. But that doesn't mean the duo can't conjure up some soul. William's gospel-ish "Let It All Go" closes the album. ~ John Duffy
Recorded at Desert Plantion, Pickneyville, Mississippi; Money Shot, Oxford, Mississippi; Manning Tractor Shed, Waterproof, Louisiana.
Personnel: Elmo Williams (vocals, guitar); Hezekiah Early (vocals, harp, drums); Bob Manning (guitar).
Audio Mixer: Bruce Watson .
Recording information: Desert Plantation, Pickneyville, MS (1997); Manning Tractor Shed, Waterproof (1997); Money Shot, Oxford, MS (1997).
Photographer: Matthew Johnson.
Personnel: Elmo Williams (vocals, guitar); Hezekiah Early (vocals, harmonica, drums); Bob Manning (guitar).
CMJ (1/11/99, p.9) - "...For pure feeling it's hard to beat Williams's overdriven guitar and his soulful, pathos filled holler. Coupled with Early's simultaneously played harp and drums redux, the effect is downright timeless..."
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