JAMES MATHUS & HIS KNOCKDOWN SOCIETY
''PLAY SONGS FOR ROSETTA''
OCTOBER 7 1997
42:53
1/I Got Mine
Queen/2:34
2/Keep Your Hands Off
Leadbelly / Huddie Ledbetter / Gil Turner/2:43
3/Diggin' My Potatoes
Traditional/2:47
4/Jesus Is a Dying-Bed Maker
Traditional/2:53
5/Blues for Blind Melon
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/2:36
6/Mississippi Moan
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:01
7/Hey Hey
Big Bill Broonzy/1:52
8/Turkey Buzzard in a Pork Pie Hat
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/4:07
9/Don't Make Me Wait
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:19
10/Who'll Sop My Gravy
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:35
11/Goin' Down the Road
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:15
12/Memphis Bound
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/4:12
13/She's Alright
Muddy Waters/2:13
14/Some of These Days
Charley Patton/3:46
Keith Anderson /Trombone
Greg Bell /Accordion, Bass, Harmonica, Organ, Photography, Piano
Andrew Bird /Violin, Vocals, Voices
Stud Cole /Bass, Guitar, Photography, String Bass, Vocals
Cody Dickinson /Washboard
Luther Dickinson /Slide Guitar
Jerry Ricks /Guest Artist, Guitar
John Sinclair /Voices
Paul Taylor /Kazoo, Washtub Bass
Joe Tullos /Guest Artist, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Voices
Clay Walker /Vocals, Voices
REVIEW
by Tim Sheridan
Mathus, one of the masterminds behind the Squirrel Nut Zippers, here cuts it Clarksdale style for the sake of bluesman Charlie Patton's daughter, Rosetta. Not surprisingly, Rosetta doesn't see a dime from the sale of Patton's music, and Mathus saw an opportunity to give back. Give back to the music? Well, yes, but also to Rosetta herself, who helped raise Mathus from knee-pants. And the result is a righteous paella of roots music: rattling Delta style, jug band and parlor jazz with Dixieland and country-blues to boot. It's all so fresh and lively you may wonder how you lived your life without it. Dig the winking ragtime cover of Leadbelly's "Keep Your Hand's Off Her" or the country scrawl of Mathus' "Turkey Buzzard in a Pork Pie Hat."
''PLAY SONGS FOR ROSETTA''
OCTOBER 7 1997
42:53
1/I Got Mine
Queen/2:34
2/Keep Your Hands Off
Leadbelly / Huddie Ledbetter / Gil Turner/2:43
3/Diggin' My Potatoes
Traditional/2:47
4/Jesus Is a Dying-Bed Maker
Traditional/2:53
5/Blues for Blind Melon
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/2:36
6/Mississippi Moan
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:01
7/Hey Hey
Big Bill Broonzy/1:52
8/Turkey Buzzard in a Pork Pie Hat
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/4:07
9/Don't Make Me Wait
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:19
10/Who'll Sop My Gravy
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:35
11/Goin' Down the Road
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/3:15
12/Memphis Bound
Jimbo Mathus / James Mathus & His Knockdown Society/4:12
13/She's Alright
Muddy Waters/2:13
14/Some of These Days
Charley Patton/3:46
Keith Anderson /Trombone
Greg Bell /Accordion, Bass, Harmonica, Organ, Photography, Piano
Andrew Bird /Violin, Vocals, Voices
Stud Cole /Bass, Guitar, Photography, String Bass, Vocals
Cody Dickinson /Washboard
Luther Dickinson /Slide Guitar
Jerry Ricks /Guest Artist, Guitar
John Sinclair /Voices
Paul Taylor /Kazoo, Washtub Bass
Joe Tullos /Guest Artist, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Voices
Clay Walker /Vocals, Voices
REVIEW
by Tim Sheridan
Mathus, one of the masterminds behind the Squirrel Nut Zippers, here cuts it Clarksdale style for the sake of bluesman Charlie Patton's daughter, Rosetta. Not surprisingly, Rosetta doesn't see a dime from the sale of Patton's music, and Mathus saw an opportunity to give back. Give back to the music? Well, yes, but also to Rosetta herself, who helped raise Mathus from knee-pants. And the result is a righteous paella of roots music: rattling Delta style, jug band and parlor jazz with Dixieland and country-blues to boot. It's all so fresh and lively you may wonder how you lived your life without it. Dig the winking ragtime cover of Leadbelly's "Keep Your Hand's Off Her" or the country scrawl of Mathus' "Turkey Buzzard in a Pork Pie Hat."
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