The Urban Hillbilly Quartet - Lanky But Macho

This album is a collection of live tracks, home recordings and unreleased studio tracks, which usually spells musical disaster or creative redundancy, but fortunately thats far from the truth here.

The UHQs special brand 'Hillbilly-Roots-Rock-Music' is a thing of beauty and passion and this is just as commendable as their previously reviewed "Beautiful Lazy". Following on from the aforementioned "BL", "Living In The City" and "St Paul Town" this is well worth grabbing a hold of.

There's simple folk songs like "Big Pine," metalllic blues jams like "Coal Miner" and even the 10 minute plus "Praetorius" stays well away from turning into a folk prog monstrosity and is worth the price of admission alone:-)

The Urban Hillbilly Quartet, PO Box 7896, St Paul, MN 55107, USA
http://urbanhillbillyquartet.com/

Note: This album can only be purchased directly from the band (and at some independent record stores in the midwest). To mail order, please send a $15 check (payable to Erik Brandt) to UHQ / PO Box 7896 / Saint Paul, MN 55107 USA