Jimbo Mathus

A modern Mississippi classic. Jimbo's love and fluency in the blues and country tradition is perhaps best exhibited on this disc, which we bestow on curious visitors and recommend to newcomers as a kind of Exile on Main Street for a new generation of Mississippians. The album sounds like it could have been made in the 1960s or '70s, leaping from country and rock to blues and cotton patch soul with songs like "Stateline Women," "Skateland Baby" and "Let Me Be Your Rocker." ("Let me be yo rocker/ Honey, til yo straight chair comes.")