Tarbox Ramblers, A Fix Back East - 42m 36s

Tracks & Durations

1. Already Gone	2:58
2. Were You There?	4:18
3. Country Blues	2:50
4. A Fix Back East	4:41
5. No Night There	3:32
6. Honey Babe	2:43
7. Cloth of Gold	5:17
8. The Shining Sun	3:10
9. From the Algiers Station	5:24
10. Last Month of the Year	2:29
11. Ashes to Ashes	5:08

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Review

This Cambridge, Massachusetts-based foursome picked up some of the Delta's dirt and dark mystery when they traveled to Memphis to make this album, their second, with legendary Southern producer Jim Dickinson. Some tunes, like "The Shining Sun" and a cover of Dock Boggs's "Country Blues," stomp as hard as a bona fide juke-joint band, with bold drumming and guitars that grind and squeal out ecstatic slide lines. Others, like "Ashes to Ashes" and "Were You There?," use droning chords, simple beats, religious imagery, generous reverb, and leader Michael Tarbox's dark vocal intonations to create mist-shrouded soundscapes that raise the music's old spirits. There's also Dan Kellar's jazz-influenced fiddle, which adds a lonesome, crying voice to the title track and other cuts and, along with Johnny Sciascia's two-step upright bass, propels the hymn "No Night There" toward Nashville. All of which makes this strong album a haunting, stomping blend of tradition and the cutting edge. --Ted Drozdowski

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