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(45 customer reviews) 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
The bar just hit the roof,
October 1, 2008 Kevin T. Briggs (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tennessee Pusher (Dig) (Audio CD)
I am a big Old Crow fan, but didn't indulge in their newer stuff until last week.
Let me say that I was floored by "Tennessee Pusher." I play bluegrass mandolin in a bluegrass band and love bluegrass and old-time music as much as anyone, but I am glad that these guys blossomed on this CD. It's not the typical Old Crow ram it down your throat fast, old-time medicine show. It's more Bob Dylan and Neil Young than the Skillet Lickers. There are traces of R&B in there too, with a country sound throughout.
If you like Old Crow because they are an old time band you won't like this CD as much. But, just remember that Old Crow isn't really an old time band, and most of the guys are northerners who just love that music. They grew up in the 80s and 90s listening to what was on the radio, then chose their favorite music as they matured. It shows on this CD, and it's the most natural and unforced they've ever sounded.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Best OCMS Yet,
September 26, 2008 Nicholas J. Whitehead "nickman" (Madison, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tennessee Pusher (Dig) (Audio CD)
I have listened to this album about 40 times since I first got it about 2 days ago, and it is excellent. Granted, it is somewhat of a departure from the eponymous OCMS first album, but it seems to me to be a progression, through Big Iron World and into Tennessee Pusher. They have matured, and aged their sound, sanding off some rough edges but the music remains passionate and moving.
It also sounds like the new producer and better mixing has created a deeper and higher quality sound. I really like the whole effect on every song. In prior albums I sometimes felt like that guy stuck standing right next to the fiddle speaker, and on the next song, the vocals. The songs cover a good range of moods, from the frolicking Caroline (one of my favorites amongst all bands for a while) and the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle humour of Mary's Kitchen to the soulful and mournful Tennessee Pusher and Hotel in Memphis. I don't think there's a weak song on here.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
such a disappointment,
October 22, 2008 Eazy-E (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tennessee Pusher (Dig) (Audio CD)
Gosh I am just so disappointed with this album! I LOVE these guys and the old school sound they've reinvented, but here... i don't know.... it's like they just totally lost their edge. It's got no 'umph' to it. The vocals are thin, lacking the great harmony that they are known for, the instrumentals are overly heavy on the guitar, pushing the other instruments to the background. All and all, it's just kind of boring. Nothing special at all.
