Artist: Wayne Hancock
Title: Ride
Label: Bloodshot Records
Release Date: 2013
Format: flac
With his weathered voice, honky tonk jukebox sensibility, and a catalog of songs that are sharp, clear, and not overly clever just for the sake of showing he can be clever as a songwriter, Wayne Hancock has frequently been compared to the godfather of this whole modern country thing, Hank Williams, a bestowal that would probably mess up most artists. Hancock seems to handle the accolade, though, and he is arguably the finest country traditionalist working the 21st century country scene, a scene that has seen the genre drift increasingly toward tight-jeans posturing and grand pop gestures. Hancock, who tosses out a roots mix of old country, roadhouse blues, western dance swing, boogie bop, and straight-up rockabilly, takes what was once old and makes it seem like it's always been and always will be, and like any veteran road musician, he knows what he does and he knows how to make it click on any given night.
Tracklist:
01. Ride
02. Low Down Blues
03. Lone Road Home
04. Get The Blues Low Down
05. Deal Gone Down
06. Fair Weather Blues
07. Home With My Baby
08. Gal From Kitchen's Field
09. Cappuccino Boogie
10. Any Old Time
Personnel:
Wayne Hancock - vocals
Bob "Texaco" Stafford - electric guitar, trombone
Eddie Biebel - guitar
Tjarko Jeen - electric guitar
Zack Sapunor - upright bass
