Your Favorite Fool

Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 2002)
• Original Release Date: September 24, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bloodshot Records
• ASIN: B00006JCHN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #176,221 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Sure, you've heard it before: the twangy Telecaster leads, the whining steel guitar licks, the clever Harlan Howard-style lyrics, the woeful Merle-meets-Buck vocals. But Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys do it all so well, you have to cut them some slack for their retro ways. Besides, Rex and his boys--steel guitarist Solomon Hofer, lead guitarist J.B. Morris, bassist Blackjack Snow, and drummer T.C. Dobbs--never try to be anything more than they are: a damn fine honky-tonk band delightfully out of step with contemporary country music. Produced by Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam), Your Favorite Fool hits you like a double shot of whiskey with its 10 songs--all but one written by Hobart himself--about pain, suffering, lying, and cheating. The titles alone explain where Hobart is coming from: "You've Got Some Cheating to Do," "Take It Back (Before You Mean It)," "Another Bad Habit of Mine," "I Should Be Gone by Now." There's also a fine cover of the George Jones-Tammy Wynette classic "Golden Ring," featuring labelmate Kelly Hogan doing Tammy's part. Hobart and the Misery Boys don't exactly break any new ground on their third Bloodshot album--granted, they didn't break any new ground on their first two--but with this band, that's not really the point. --David Hill

Product Description
Lately, there's a been an accendence of the "emo" genre. You know, hardcore punk where emotions are worn on one's sleeve. Well, Rex and the Boys play emo in it's most pure and classic form; hardcore honky-tonk heartbreak. With Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam's right hand man) at the controls for this release, they deliver their most perfect polished effort to date.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding old-fashioned honky-tonk music!, September 24, 2002

By	Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

Rex Hobart is one of the most seriously underrated country artists around today, and this may be his single best album to date. This is solid, well-crafted honkytonk music like they used to make in the late 1950s, with instrumental and vocal performances that are all simply top-rate. Hobart is too indie for the Nashville studions, and probably too serious and too straightforward a musician to be embraced by the irony-addicted alt-country hipster crowd... which is a real shame, 'cause he is really, really talented. Kudos to Bloodshot Records for giving this guy a chance to grow... all three of his albums are great, this one is the best.