North Mississippi Allstars - Hernando

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2008
Time: 40:30 
Size: 94,0 MB 
Label:Songs Of The South Records
Styles:Southern Rock/Blues Rock 
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shake  (featuring Jimbo Mathus) - 3:01
 2. Keep the Devil Down - 3:50
 3. Soldier - 5:59
 4. Eaglebird - 2:17
 5. I'd Love to Be a Hippy - 4:54
 6. Mizzip - 2:47
 7. Blow Out (featuring Jimbo Mathus and Jimmy Davis) - 1:34
 8. Come Go with Me (featuring Jimbo Mathus) - 3:35
 9. Rooster's Blues - 3:23
10. Take Yo Time, Rodney - 3:53
11. Long Way from Home - 5:13

Musicians:
Cody Dickinson – drums, electric washboard (track 4), guitar (track 6), vocals
Luther Dickinson – guitar, vocals
Chris Crew – bass, vocals
James "Jimbo Mathus" Mathis Jr. – vocals (tracks: 1, 7, 8)
Jimmy Davis – vocals (track 7)
Jim "East Memphis Slim" Dickinson – piano (tracks: 5, 7, 11), producer
Kurt "KC" Clayton – piano (track 6)
Amy LaVere – upright bass (track 7)

Hernando is the fifth studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on January 22, 2008 through Songs of the South Records. Recording sessions took place at Zebra Ranch Studio in Coldwater, Mississippi. Production was handled by Jim Dickinson. It features contributions from Jimbo Mathus, Jimmy Davis, East Memphis Slim, Kurt "KC" Clayton and Amy LaVere. The band briefly toured the album across America in 2008. The album peaked at number 142 on the US Billboard 200, number one on the Top Blues Albums chart, number 19 on the Independent Albums, number three on the Heatseekers Albums and number 12 on the Tastemakers. If the blues has a future it is probably in the hands of brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew. Since releasing their debut album, Shake Hands With Shorty (2000), they have drawn upon their roots to produce a brand of blues rock that nods to the past while aiming resolutely at the future. Combine the fatback guitar tone of Eric Clapton during his Cream days with the slap-back rhythms of the delta, and you’ve got the spontaneous combustion that fires through the best of Hernando. After excursions into psychedelic jamming, this Mississippi trio returns to its roots, titling the CD after its hometown and drawing deeply from blues and early rock & roll. The results showcase the virtuosity of guitarist Luther Dickinson more prominently than ever, though drummer and brother Cody takes a vocal on "Mizzip," a celebration of good times in their home state, and bassist Chris Chew sings "I Would Love to Be a Hippy," where the borderline novelty lyrics contrast with the sweet subtlety of Luther’s guitar. Producer-pianist-patriarch Jim Dickinson lets the interplay develop organically. While the first four cuts bring out the band’s juke-joint best, the aptly titled "Long Way from Home," a harmony-laden ballad, shows that the Allstars still have fresh territory to explore. --Don McLeese

Hernando