Customer Reviews

Jubilee

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I just heard this CD and I must say I am BLOWN away!! Saw these guys with Los Lonely Boys and I was prayin they would sound as good on record and I must say I am pleasantly suprised. Best live band I've seen in a while and this is the record of the year!!! YEEEE HAAAAAW!!!!!

Not completely sure why 'ole boy was bashing Shurman in that other review - but I have a little bit of a different take on them. I wouldn't necessarily compare him to the artists he mentioned, especially his bizzarre comparison to Ryan Adams, but I would put them more on the lines of some older Great Divide stuff before they changed lead singers.

Odds are I wouldn't have bought this CD based on reviews, though. I saw them live in OKC last weekend and bought their disk there after hanging out with a couple guys from the band for a while. I then drove from OKC to Dallas to OKC to Houston the next couple days and listened to it for a huge portion of the time.

My favorite songs were probably 'I Got You' and 'Jubilee', but everything kept my foot tapping and kept me entertained - which is necessary when trekking back and forth across Texas and Oklahoma.

Good stuff... good stuff. Some pretty good guys, too.

I saw Shurman open for Ted Nugent at the Fillmore and they totally rocked the house. I met the guys after the show and they were so nice and down to earth. They really just love to play. Show some love to theses guys, they play their hearts out and this CD is well worth the money!

If the alt.country genre is going this way - count me out. This CD is filled with cliched lyrics, over production, unexciting playing and overall comes across as bland schlock. Think late 70's Poco. I've seen Shurman written up as the next Son Volt - how anyone would make the comparison is beyond me. Amazon tells you to also consider Ryan Adams - it's fitting because he's putting out the same kind of garbage now.
Go out and by a Richmond Fontaine or Drag the River disc.