What can I do, I am a rolling stone and Booker T. Jones made me feel it more than ever. The new record 'Potato Hole' is the perfect soundtrack for the road, long roads, beautiful landscapes passing by, from dusk till dawn.
Released on the great ANTI- label he and the Drive-By Truckers celebrate instrumental highway hymns with great sleazy southern rock, thick and dirty guitar riffs and a smooth but strong Hammond B-3 on top of it. It rolls and rolls towards sunset I can do nothing but follow.
Booker T. Jones, always rather underground than mainstream released a record which deserves a lot of attention and could ease a lot of people's minds. Of course, the critics love it (and they're right):
“Booker T. Jones sounds more pithy and forceful than ever on “Potato Hole”…Mr. Jones still jabs terse, unhurried melodies that sound as if he knows the lyrics but would never tell. Where the M.G.’s suavely underplayed their aggression, the rockers’ multiple-guitar attack, with distortion and feedback, gives the music teeth.” – Jon Pareles. New York Times
“A bad ass set of MG’s-style instrumentals. Jones’ sweet, thick Hammond B-3 riffs are spiked with Truckers’ roughneck (and surprisingly funky) Southern rock and some exceptional lyrical, focused Young guitar leads. The originals feel like old standards. But the cover of Outkast’s “Hey Ya” is a zinger: It’s Southern race-mixing party music come full circle.” – Rolling Stone
Definitely check his homepage for more info, let's hope some shows in Europe in the near future and enjoy this for a first teaser:
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