Home Sweet Home (Dig)

South Memphis String Band (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Memphis Int'L
• ASIN: B002ZXZJ4M
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,516 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jesse James

2. Deep Blue Sea

3. Old Hen

4. Worry 'bout Your Own Backyard

5. Things Is bout Coming My Way

6. Let Your Light Shine On Me

7. The Carrier Line

8. Bloody Bill Anderson

9. Eighteen Hammers

10. Bootlegger's Blues

11. Dixie Darling

12. Home Sweet Home

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stripped-down Old-time stringband music played by the "younger generation", January 25, 2010

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Sweet Home (Dig) (Audio CD)

Ever wonder what those old 78s by Gus Cannon's Jug Band or the Mississippi Sheiks would sound like it they were recorded with modern recording equipment and had no surface noise, so you could hear every instrument clearly. Or, how about a great Carter Family record with a couple of guys, instead of the ladies, backing A.P. on vocals?

Well, that's what you get on this debut CD by the "roots" supergroup - the South Memphis String Band. Comprised of young blues aficionado Alvin Youngblood Hart, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) and Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers), this laid back group moseys through a half-dozen classics and adds another six-pack of newly arranged traditional songs.

This isn't rock and its not exactly the blues. Its just old-timey vocal string band music. Even the packaging is laid back with no color (its strictly a monochrome affair) and no list of who is singing lead on each of the tracks.

Kick off your shoes and sit back with a "cold one". This album will provide the atmosphere you need.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music, November 24, 2010

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This review is from: Home Sweet Home (Dig) (Audio CD)

Very excellent straight up old time string band music. It really sounds like a bunch of friends just sitting around making great music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent Americana, May 24, 2010

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John M. Miller - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Sweet Home (Dig) (Audio CD)

This is an excellent CD for fans of string band music, or more generally of the roots music revival. Unlike a previous reviewer I like the song selection, with only a couple of exceptions (but there are always a couple of exceptions!) The CD covers a range of music from old-time string band to gospel to blues to jug band to Carter Family country. Both the playing and the singing are very engaging. The band has an even wider repertoire in concert, and stretches out the jams a bit there too--I highly recommend seeing them if you get the chance.