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Ryan McNabb | Ooltewah, TN USA | 07/11/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I discovered this bunch of Yay-hoos when I was trying to find out who recorded the awesome, slimey, bluesy number I heard on a certain Geico insurance commercial. It was these guys, and the song is called "CB Song". Tone deaf friends would tap their toes to it - it was the hoochie coo anthem of the dark side of human existence. The Shack Shakers populate a twisted landscape of night creatures, where hillbillies run from lynch mobs, the Devil holds auctions on Saturday night, and cockfighting is the national sport. Awesome, bent stuff that is sure to get under your skin like a tattoo and ruin you for the vapid, uninspired garbage they play on the radio these days. These guys are ORIGINAL, a term you don't often apply to popular music. Do yourself a big favor and grab this album. Words don't do any justice - just play the cuts you can listen to here and see if you don't agree this is a cut above the regular bump and grind."

Shakes My Shack

Gianmarco Manzione | Tampa, FL USA | 08/03/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ever wonder what it might be like to hear Elvis roaring over a mosh-pit on the moon? Well, you've clicked on the right link! If the epic duststorms of the Grapes of Wrath-era American plains ever had a soundtrack, this would be it. Featuring a tornado on harmonica and a locomotive on electric guitar, this album is a frenzied storm of sound from start to finish. Reinventing Slim Harpo with a sizzling take on "Shake Your Hips," these guys don't just shake the shack down; they char the ground it stood on. Not since Muddy Waters has anyone played the harmonica so rudely; the album plays like an audible time warp -- some lost great LP from the famed "Chess" label of Muddy, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim and Bo, perhaps. Equally as astonishing as this album's energy is the musical range it navigates. Addictive boogie-woogie blues like "Hunkerdown" and especially "CB Song" launch effortlessly into the ragtime hysterics of "Help Me From my Brain." Appealing to people from every destination along the spectrum of musical tastes, The Shackshakers serve up something for everyone. If their Tom Waits-ish clang doesn't drag you into the maelstrom of their glory, then maybe the banjo/fiddle freakouts will do the trick. This is the kind of stuff that can transform a Friday night game of bingo into a good old-fashioned rave."

Southern fried boogie

Daniel Charles Hein | Huntington Beach, CA USA | 06/04/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Legendary Shack Shakers let loose with some of the most energetic rockabilly/blues/bluegrass you'll ever hear. Add a dash of punk rock to that mix too. JD Wilkes can really blow the harp too. Picture the Reverend Horton Heat meets Slim Harpo and a bit of Bill Monroe and MC5. Check out their version of Slim Harpo's "Shake Your Hips". It's got the spirit of the original, yet is done way over the top (in a good way). Hear they put on a great show too, so if you get a chance go see 'em."