Southern Culture on the Skids - Dig This

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Dec 23, 2016 Sold Date

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Artikel Name: Dig This
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Kudzu Records Titelanzahl: 13

Trackliste LP - 1

Southern Culture On The Skids - Too Much Pork For Just One Fork Southern Culture On The Skids - The Little Things Southern Culture On The Skids - Ditch Diggin' Southern Culture On The Skids - Tuna Fish Everyday Southern Culture On The Skids - My House Has Wheels Southern Culture On The Skids - Chicken Shit Farmer Southern Culture On The Skids - Rumors Of Surf Southern Culture On The Skids - Lordy Lordy Southern Culture On The Skids - Put Your Teeth (Up on the Windowsill) Southern Culture On The Skids - The Fly That Rode From Buffalo Southern Culture On The Skids - Mudbuggy Southern Culture On The Skids - New Cooter Boogie Southern Culture On The Skids - Wig-Out

Beschreibung

Almost 20 years after Southern Culture on the Skids released their third album, Ditch Diggin', the band decided to take another look at the material, and 2013's Dig This could more accurately have been called Ditch Diggin' 2.0. For Dig This, the band re-recorded the 13 original tunes that appeared on Ditch Diggin' (not bothering to revisit the Link Wray and Louvin Brothers covers that appeared on the 1994 album), and while Dig This doesn't sound exactly like the earlier album (they juggled the sequence, making the listening experience noticeably different), for the most part the arrangements and performances follow the template of the older recordings, though the pedal steel on "My House Has Wheels" is a new and nice touch, and guitarist Rick Miller now calls up the spirit of "Eight Miles High"-era Roger McGuinn in his solos on "Lordy, Lordy." Beyond generating new royalties from old tunes, it's a little hard to guess what prompted SCOTS to make this album, but the new recordings do make it clear this band is playing with as much strength and fire as ever. Rick Miller remains one of America's greatest living trash rock guitarists, conjuring a wealth of vintage country, surf, and rock sounds with the flick of a pick, and bassist Mary Huff and drummer Dave Hartman remain a flavorful, full-bodied rhythm section. The sessions were recorded at Miller's Kudzu Ranch studio, and from a production standpoint, these versions often surpass the originals for sonic firepower. And Dig This, like Ditch Diggin', features a few of SCOTS's best tunes, including "The Fly That Rode from Buffalo," "My House Has Wheels," and the feral instrumental workouts "Rumors of Surf" and "Tuna Fish Everyday." If you're a longtime Southern Culture on the Skids fan who still has a decent copy of Ditch Diggin', Dig This isn't an essential purchase, but if you haven't been able to track down the 1994 release, this variant will serve its purpose well. If nothing else, a side-by-side comparison shows these folks haven't slowed down a bit since they last took these songs into a studio. ~ Mark Deming

Mark Deming