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Cigar box guitar revolution: 'It's like folk music turned inside out' 



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"FANTASTICALLY TWISTED... GORGEOUSLY DARK... A HARSH YET BEAUTIFUL MAIN-LINE INJECTION FROM THE DARKEST SIDE OF THE BLUES AS IT EXISTS TODAY"
-Steve Sharp, Living Blues Magazine

 
 
"A SHOCKING REINVENTION OF BLUES AND ROCK MUSIC"
-Martin Jack RosenblumShepherd Express  
 
"HELLFIRE PHILOSOPHY AND MERCILESS RHYTHMS... LEADS US WILLINGLY TO THE PLACE WHERE NO ONE GETS OUT UNSCATHED."
-Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle  
 

"DARK AND DIRTY... ALL THAT IS SWAMP, GUTS, AND GLORY"
-Lane Klozier,Maximum Ink  

"HAUNTING AND FLUID...THEIR BLUES HAS THE DEVIL IN IT,
SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO FIND NOWADAYS."

-Bao Le-Huu, Orlando Weekly 
 
"SERIOUSLY SWAMPY AND ELECTRIFYING RIFFS, ARMED WITH NUTS-AND-BOLTS INSTRUMENTATION PERFECT FOR ITS STRIPPED-DOWN, AMPED-UP APPROACH TO ALT-BLUES"
 - The Onion
 
“MONUMENTAL... SIN AND REDEMPTION IN ALL 13 TRACKS... ADDICTIVELY RHYTHMIC... ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!"
-TJ Dewey,GBNightlife.com 

"THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN 'LOW ROCK' PIONEERS, MORPHINE, AND GOTH-FOLK ICONS, 16 HORSEPOWER"
-Shane Speal, CigarboxNation.com 

"SLINKY, GROOVY, BLOOZY, BOOZY, DIRTY, SWAMPY, SEXY, DANGEROUS, WIPE-THAT-DROOL-OFF YOUR MOUTH, SON, HOWL-AT-THE-MOON MUSIC"
-Paddy Fineran,Kenosha News  
 
AN ADMIRABLE TESTAMENT TO A LITTLE MUSICAL TRUTH GOING A LONG WAY"
-Brady Bell, Detroit Metro Times  
 
"A FASCINATING, BEAUTIFUL, SPOOKY LANDMARK OF AN ALBUM" 
-Steve Sharp,Living Blues Magazine 

 



 
 

 

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