{"id":14010,"date":"2018-02-02T05:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=14010"},"modified":"2018-02-02T07:05:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T12:05:43","slug":"album-review-back-south-the-dirt-yard-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/02\/album-review-back-south-the-dirt-yard-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Back South — The Dirt Yard Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Led by singer, songwriter and cigar box guitarist Todd Cecil, Back South is a WNC-based trio that specializes in country blues with a decidedly hard-edged rock sensibility. Imagine ZZ Top without all the filigree, leaning back toward their blues roots. Now picture a guitarist who plays a custom instrument fashioned out of a cigar box and broom handles. Back him up with a solid drummer in Scott Harte, joined by lead harmonica player Mike Fore. The result is Back South.<\/p>\n

That spare set of instruments yields a deeply textured sound on The Dirt Yard Choir<\/i>. But the unconventional trio makes the most of its intentionally limited musical arsenal; on tracks like \u201cMuddy Water,\u201d Cecil and Fore spar on their respective instruments while Harte keeps the song moving forward with a solid back beat.<\/p>\n

There are few if any production tricks or gimmicks on The Dirt Yard Choir<\/i>; it’s raw and real. Occasional guests add unexpected tone color to the album; listen closely and you’ll hear Theremin and saxophone. Back South delivers a rollicking set of fifteen songs suffused with knowing humor. \u201cSasquatch\u201d may remind listeners of a certain age of Wall of Voodoo’s \u201cMexican Radio,\u201d but like all the tracks on the album, it’s a wholly original creation from the just-twisted-enough minds of Todd Cecil and his band mates in Back South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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