On their second album, the Blue Eyed Devils conjure a surprisingly fresh, vibrant set of backwoods blues. It's heavily indebted to the kind of vocal and guitar-harmonica sparring heard on vintage Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee records, yet has a far more full-bodied, electric bounce than most of the Terry-McGhee sessions. That's not to say it's as simple as country blues electrified: there's still plenty of down-home acoustic flavors in the arrangement, with some upright bass and washboard in addition to more electric rhythms ...
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On their second album, the Blue Eyed Devils conjure a surprisingly fresh, vibrant set of backwoods blues. It's heavily indebted to the kind of vocal and guitar-harmonica sparring heard on vintage Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee records, yet has a far more full-bodied, electric bounce than most of the Terry-McGhee sessions. That's not to say it's as simple as country blues electrified: there's still plenty of down-home acoustic flavors in the arrangement, with some upright bass and washboard in addition to more electric rhythms. More importantly, this sounds spontaneous (and probably was, given that it was recorded live in three days without overdubs), teetering on the edge of slurred sloppiness, but in the best and most ingratiating way, never falling over the line into carelessness. The songs might not be anything profound, but they're fun ditties about ridin' the train, doin' a rag, movin' on, bare-bones women, and the like. It's all familiar territory to the blues, of course, but it's sung and played with a boisterous grit, like that of moonshiners jamming with an early skiffle group. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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