1 Blood Sweat & Murder
2 Hit the Road
3 Someday Baby - Scott H. Biram, Traditional
4 Wreck My Car
5 Raisin' Hell Again
6 I See the Light/What's His Name? - Scott H. Biram, Biram
7 Whiskey
8 Muleskinner Blues - Scott H. Biram, Traditional
9 Truck Driver
10 Sweet Thing - Scott H. Biram, Traditional
11 BBQ Commercial
12 Throw a Boogie/Black Betty/Just a Little Bit - Scott H. Biram, Traditional
13 Downtown Chicken
14 CB Transmissions

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 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: and buy this cd...if you're a fan of porch rock/old country/delta blues......you need to own this....full on raunch-n-roll

To me it's like Elvis meets Slayer.

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: The whole album is solid and flows well one song to the next. The live recordings capture some of his rebellious energy, but my ears don't think the sound quality was compromised. The CB transmissions throughout are a cool touch of what this album is all about.

His rendition of Muleskinner Blues blows me away. The Truck Driver song rumbles down the road at a fast & furious pace and has fun doing it. The guy's music really delivers his piece of redneck Americana without props, anger, or being too terribly direct.

Then he breaks out this Southern Baptist stand up, clap, and sing Hallelujah vibe on I See the Light/What's his Name. And he pulls it off like the Holy Spirit actually got hold of him that day. That's just it... this guy doesn't seem the least bit contrived like all the crap they play on the radio.

I haven't warmed up to his follow-up album so much, but I can't wait to hear what else this guy and his guitar may come up with. He's one of a kind, no doubt. You could call this a mandatory part of an alt-country/twang collection, but categories aside, this is great music.

Mixed bag

 Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I don't dislike this album but I probably skip more tracks here than on any of his other albums, including _This is Kingsbury_, which doesn't even play in my car stereo.

There are better versions of a few of these songs on other albums ("Throw a Boogie" on _Lo-Fi Mojo_, for instance). Biram's live performances tend to be frenetic and aimed more at keeping the alkies dancing than at doing justice to the music (although if you have not seen him live, go; it's impossible to describe unless you've seen it. But you'll understand why it's called the First Church of the Ultimate Fanaticism). I've seen and heard more than enough of him to know that when he's not trying to keep the audience whipped up, he's mesmerizing, which is something I would not say casually, but live recordings are probably not the best examples of his ability.

Sadly, "Sweet Thing" is probably one of the better tracks musically, but it's a very poor quality recording.

Eh.

 Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Interesting vocals and raw musicianship sets him apart from a lot of the other Bloodshot artists, but there is better music to be had by this fine label. Maybe if I saw him live I'd be more impressed but this disc pretty much just works as filler for me.

Sorry. The emperor is not only NAKED - he's FLASHING.

 Album Rating: (2 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Okay. Really.

This SHOULD have been a great album. Unfortunately, it sounds like a BOOTLEG of a BOOTLEG recorded live in a can of creme spinach on a cheap 1959 Japanese tape recorder.

All is not lost however as a few cuts are relatively clear and distortion free and it is the PERFECT CD to put on for VISITORS who have OVERSTAYED THEIR WELCOME.