All Bucked Up - rockhouse ramblers

from Allmusic.com:
"Rockhouse Ramblers are a St. Louis alt-country band that performs a mix of classic country, hillbilly boogie, and rockabilly. The group, which began largely as a cover band, is sort of an all-star outfit consisting of present and former members of some of St. Louis' best roots acts. It features Dade Farrar (formerly of One Fell Swoop and brother of alt-country patriarch Jay Farrar), Kip Loui (of the roots pop band Belle Starr), John Horton (guitarist for Mike Ireland & Holler), Gary Hunt (roots music veteran and member of the bluegrass band the Hayshakers), and Danny Kathriner (drummer and vocalist/songwriter for the band Wagon)."
this is a cut from 2003's Torch This Town record, which is high-test grade 'A' honky tonk any way you slice it: a) in terms of the songs (almost all written by various band members), b) the fantastic, seemingly live-off-the-floor recording, & c) superb playing. Bands who play the hard twangy bakersfield 'tonk with finesse and love like these guys have largely disappeared from the face of the earth, & indeed I thought the Ramblers had also called it a day. BUT: after a gap of at least 7 years the original members started getting together to do one-off gigs, & there seems to be another release: "Lies & Damn Lies". Whether this is new or new-old-stock I don't know, but there's also an anthology. Check out :
pg/Rockhouse-Ramblers
kiploui.bandca...