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Capps, Grayson
Wail & Ride
(Hyena)

Price: 49 SEK

Grayson Capps plays rusted-out, countrified swamp-blues, whittled down to the dirt floor. His weathered drawl recalls Delbert McClinton, while his subject matter channels Tom Waits.»

- No Depression

«Braying like a juke-joint sentinel who's been stoned all night, his guitar blowing gaskets at half speed, lonesome harmonica gales coming on like steam-engine backdrafts, backwoods Alabammer moaner Grayson Capps provides the countrified-soul grit.” – Boston Phoenix


Grayson Capps returns with Wail & Ride, the follow-up to his acclaimed debut album, If You Knew My Mind. First breaking into the national spotlight with four songs on the soundtrack to the film, A Love Song For Bobby Long (starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson), Capps quickly built upon this initial exposure with non-stop touring. His electrifying performances would often comprise three-hour marathon sets of Southern rock debauchery and soul-stirring Americana epiphany. The buzz would ultimately lead to packed venues throughout the Southern United States, two European tours and an appearance at Bonnaroo.

Tragedy also played its part. In August 2005, Capps was driven from his home in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, where he’d lived for 20 years. He responded by keeping a stiff upper lip and his eye on the road. He addresses the experience with the poignant song, “New Orleans Waltz.” Other stand-out tracks include the black water, back-country blues of “Wail & Ride,” the bayou-funk, second-line rumble of “Poison,” the country & western gem “Jukebox” (which could have come straight from the pen of Hank Williams) and perhaps his most exquisite piece of songwriting yet, “Daddy’s Eyes.”

Drawing comparisons to everyone from Lucinda Williams to The Drive-By Truckers, Grayson Capps finds his own niche by splitting the difference between the lineage of the road-wise, ever-seeking poet troubadour and the hell-raising, shit-kicker howl of America’s great Southern rock tradition.

1. Wail & Ride		Listen
2. Jukebox		Listen
3. New Orleans Waltz		Listen
4. Daddy’s Eyes		Listen
5. Give It To Me		Listen
6. Poison
7. Mermaid
8. Broomy
9. Junkman
10. Ed Lee
11. Cry Me One Tear
12. Waterhole Branch

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