2005-06-16
With a voice that's part Michael Tarbox / part Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Rick Cookin' Sherry leads Chicago's Devil in a Woodpile as they put a decidedly non-standard hillbilly/swing twist on a collection of blues, gospel and hot club jazz standards from Charlie Patton, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Terry, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Led Zeppelin (?).Smokin'.
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Idiot Heart
STEVE FORBERT
Strange Names & New Sensations
BEN AND BRUNO
My Mother's Hand
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
Noise from Words
String Cheese
String Cheese
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