Tarbox Ramblers, Tarbox Ramblers - 42m 48s

Tracks & Durations

1. Jack of Diamonds	3:28
2. Honey In the Rock	2:42
3. Third Jinx Blues	5:12
4. Columbus Stockade	2:57
5. The Cuckoo	4:38
6. Oh Death	3:23
7. No Harm Blues	2:33
8. St. James Infirmary	4:29
9. Down South Blues	4:03
10. Stewball	2:45
11. Shake 'Em On Down	3:31
12. Jug Band Music	2:59

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Review

On the surface, a modern quartet bringing old-time music into the next century isn't exactly cause for excitement. Yet there's a lot going on inside the music of the Tarbox Ramblers. The gritty guitar work brings to mind the muddiest of Delta blues; the dancing fiddle offers the appeal of string-band music; the rhythms add the buoyancy of jug-band booziness; and the whole band reinvigorates all of these classic styles with a decidedly modern energy and experimental edge. --Marc GreilsamerWhere folk revivalists too often take a neutered, pedigreed approach, the Tarbox Ramblers prefer a mongrel mix with plenty of growl and bite. Much of the material on this Boston quartet's debut album comes from the Mississippi Delta, with the music's bluesy spirit reinforced by Michael Tarbox's unvarnished vocals and the slash of his slide guitar. Yet fiddler Daniel Kellar sounds like he was borrowed from a traditional string band, while the stand-up bass and stripped-down percussion recall the rhythms of skiffle or jug-band music. The Ramblers' dynamic blows the dust off standards such as "The Cuckoo," "St. James Infirmary" and "Stewball," but what's most encouraging for the band's future are a couple of atmospheric originals: "Third Jinx Blues" and "No Harm Blues." What the Pogues did for traditional Irish music, the Tarbox Ramblers could do for traditional American. --Don McLeese

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