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Every Damn Time
words by Mandy Drake
Tennessee is a place where fashion doesn’t exist. Because it doesn’t need to. When you’re a state that’s given birth to the blues you do the leading. John Wesley Myers and the perfectly named Van Campbell are today’s living proof. Instead of wearing jeans from the ladies department or turning The Smiths into lounge music this duo play Hammond and drums blues that’s so dirty even Cillit Bang wouldn’t stand a chance against it. Myers croaking like a bullfrog with an electronic voice box that’s low on batteries is why it’s so brilliant.
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Plastic Passion - Contrived Imagery
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Wetdog - Enterprise Reversal
Had ‘Enterprise Reversal’ been a five track EP of a release its toneless blahs from lead shouter Rivka Gillieron would have still been a struggle to sit through.
