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Jack Daniel Time

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Full disclosure: I was fortunate enough to be a fly-on-the-wall during the recording sessions for this record, so I might be a little biased. But let's face it, it's hard NOT to get excited about a new T-Model Ford record. The man is an irrepressible, incorrigible force of nature.

As on his previous offerings for Fat Possum, T-Model serves up a healthy dose of raucous, juke-ready blues on Jack Daniel Time. But this record - the inaugural disc for Kari Jones' Mudpuppy Recordings imprint - offers a couple of new twists in the T-Model canon. For starters, it's great to finally hear him on record with harmonica accompaniment. Terry "Harmonica" Bean of Pontotoc, Mississippi blows a mighty harp on several tracks here. Terry and T-Model have known each other for ages and played together for several years prior to T-Model's rise to blues fame in the late '90s. The other great surprise on this disc are the handful of wonderful solo acoustic tracks. The Taildragger of Greenville, Mississippi (as he likes to call himself) has never sounded more intimate or vulnerable. But don't tell T-Model I said that. He's liable to cut me for it.

T-Model just seems to get better with age. "Jack Daniel Time" perfectly captures the sound of a live T-Model performance, where it truly is "Jack Daniel's time!" between just about every song. This CD is full of that raw Mississippi quality that T-Model can pull off like no other. This is music from the gut, delivered with a warmth that T-Model comes by honestly. T-Model Ford and Jack Daniel's always make for some great storytelling - "That's For God Damn Sure!"