Not for the faint of heart is Cashman, purveyor of full-frontal downhome blues, as subtle as a tornado funnel or an artillery blast. On Texassippi Stomp, the music arrives courtesy of two guys, Ray Cashman (electric and acoustic guitars, dobro, percussion) and Grant A. Brown (harmonica), with the periodic assistance of the ubiquitous but unfailingly worthy Jimbo Mathus (bass, guitar, snare drum), who also produces.
This is rude, raucous Mississippi juke-joint music, much less delta than hill country -- the sort of raw approach whose then-surviving (and some since-deceased) native practitioners (including T Model Ford, R.L. Burnside, Paul "Wine" Jones and Robert Belfour) the Oxford, Mississippi, label Fat Possum famously recorded and promoted. Among our many debts to Fat Possum (in whose Money Spot studio Cashman cut this album), we may thank it -- snark alert -- for encouraging talented young white guitarists to stop trying to sound like Eric Clapton trying to sound like Albert King. Or, to the more knowledgeable, giving them some idea of a living, as opposed to an archival, country blues.
Cashman's uncompromising approach renders trivial, even absurd, conventional notions of "authenticity." Who Cashman and Brown are in prosaic fact -- you could call them, technically, folk musicians in the revival sense -- is detail, and, worse, misleading detail, because in the post-traditional early 21st century anybody who decides to carry a tradition has become a tradition carrier. If the music is so felt and true that it rises above rote impersonation, that's as close to a working definition of "authentic" as you're going to get. Cashman is as authentic as all hell.
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hey man sorry for the delay, ive been in new york and just got back. unfortunately i will be in st louis on the 17th. I may have somebody in mind to play with you though if you need it.
"Sounds like it was not only recorded live, but recorded live down a tin can to a tape recorder at the other end of a phone, and sounding great for it!" - Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2
first call for alcohol and blues tonight at mattys alley featuring busters 6-9 and if ya sing or play da blues....be there...one scotch, one bourbon, and one beer......
NOV 13TH- De los Muertos from Ky. Lane Kristian and the Jakehead Mob. Opening artist- Lance Whalen- solo. $5
NOV 14TH Dr. Jay and Miss Diana w/ Aaron and the Blues at Sunrise NO COVER CHARGE!
NOV 19TH DASH RIP ROCK from Louisiana, recently headlined third day at Heavy Rebel Weekender and celebrating 25 years togehter. Rock and Roll Hooligans and the Shaky Devilles will be rockin' as well! $5
NOV 2OTH GODDAMN GALLOWS, w/ Viva Le Vox and Hellfire Revival This is also King Daddo's Birfday! (Nashville Voodoo Radio)$5
NOV 21ST CASHMAN w/ The JugHuggers $5
NOV 27TH The Dean Martinis - Swing Dance Party! $5
NOV 28TH- Pearls Mahone w/ Joshua Hedley and the Hellfire Revival $5
DEC 2ND The Magnificent Tapeworms from Illinois- Wierd Surf Rock
DEC 5TH Johnny Law Justice
DEC 9TH The Brittany Reilly Band from NC- Real good country.
DEC 12TH HARRY FONTANA TRIO w/ Atomic Boogie from ATL. $5
JAN 10TH PINE HILL HAINTS w/ The Can Kickers and the Here We Go Boys $5
MAY 28,29,30 2010 Muddy Roots Music Festival in Cookeville TN Wayne Hancock, Dash Rip Rock, Los Duggans, Jason and the Punknecks, Hillbilly Harlots, Travis Mann Band, Cashman..MANY MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
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Next shows: November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA November 12, Fox and Goose in Sacramento, CA November 15, Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA!
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 27, The Swiss, Tacoma, WA October 28, Jazzbones in Tacoma, WA October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
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