Chicken Tractor Deluxe "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" from the album Nightclub Jacks & Undertakers
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Jimmy James Baughman (bass fiddle, vocals)
Gary Gyekis (drums, percussion)
Nell Hanssen (guitar, trumpet, vocals)
Kai Schafft (vocals, banjo, and guitar)
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Wentz w/ Kevin Moist and Chicken Tractor
Mastered by Alex Lusht at Mind Ignition
Get ready for a knee-slappin’ good time with Chicken Tractor Deluxe’s Nightclub Jacks & Undertakers. This Pennsylvania based band who bring Outlaw Country Rock crossed with everything from Hillybilly pickin’ to Ragtime horns and all things twangy in between, seem to be part of a recent and growing trend of musicians bringing quality music to the Americana scene from the Keystone State (Hit and Miss Engines, Larabee).
Chicken Tractor Deluxe has a wide variety of vocal styling and country-based influence. The brass tinged, “When That Great Ship Went Down” is straight up Levon Helm while “The Cuckoo” sounds like it could have come from a Steve Earle, Del McCoury session. The Bluegrassy, “Father Bed” is a little bit Doc Watson and “Reuben’s Train” conjures up memories of the fine tuned roots rock Beggar’s Banquet-era Rolling Stones. Whatever it is they’re playing it’s good. And Nightclub Jacks & Undertakers is just about the perfect record for late night front porch listenin’ and beer drinkin’.
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