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Album
Statesboro Revue, The
Jukehouse Revival
(Blue Rose)

Price: 149 SEK

If you have delivered a small Texas music masterpiece (Ramble On Privilege Creek) two years ago, it’s no easy task to produce the follow-up album. We certainly believed the band and mastermind Stewart Mann had it in them but the ease and aplomb with which they accomplish that feat – with strong, convincing songs and assured performances – do come as a surprise. So far the Statesboro Revue have not received the international recognition they deserve, being something of an insider’s tip on the roots rock scene – and yet their handmade, timeless southern rock drawing from country and blues is utterly spellbinding. Jukehouse Revival delivers further proof and has what it takes to be the band’s breakthrough success.

Different Kind Of Light was the band’s acclaimed Blue Rose debut in 2009 in a quintet formation with three guitars, bass and drums. Produced by David Z (Storyville, Jonny Lang, BoDeans, Tab Benoit, Gov't Mule) it was certainly one of the most effective turn-of-the-decade neo-southern rock meets Texas roots'n’roll albums. Ramble On Privilege Creek continued along this path with a few more roots-oriented excursions. Stewart Mann had exchanged the band personnel and brought in his brother Garrett as lead guitarist and co-writer. A number of guests fit in seamlessly and helped create more intricate arrangements and a highly professional, self-produced sound.

On their new album, Stewart & Garrett Mann more than ever explore country rock and all the facets the genre has to offer, particularly in the American south. The hard-hitting electric rockers, blues’n’boogie numbers and soul-oriented tracks have been almost completely eliminated on Jukehouse Revival in favor of groovy, twangy, steel-drenched, rural-sounding southern music which brings 70s country rock, Memphis & Muscle Shoals sounds, Texas roadhouse honky tonk and the spirit of Capricorn Records together, evoking more liberal, peaceful, possibly better times.

1. Bedroom Floor
2. Every Town
3. Undone
4. Tallahassee
5. Roll On Mama
6. Count On Me
7. Like The Sound
8. Honkytonkin'
9. Satisfied
10. Go Down Slow
11. Last Ramble

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