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1975 marked the return to the recording scene for
.
, released on Wisconsin's tiny
, was his first recording since
in 1971 (which had been reissued in 1973). This is the most straight-up
record
ever cut. He handles both lead and rhythm guitar chores with a band of fine session players, including
, who did double duty with
. Other than redos of
'
and his own
sticks somewhat close to the canon of classic
with a few surprises -- at least on side one; side two is mostly his own material. The deep
read of
is radical and as far from
as it gets, but it also showcases
' own roots in the
. The title cut is a version of the
classic with swinging fiddles by
and
's warbling pedal steel kept in line by
's electric bass.
's vocal is a reedy baritone that gets to the heart of matter -- that this is a drinking playboy's anthem. Side one eclipses with a high, lonesome take on
that is as cur-dog low as it is restless and a cover of
's
's version is pastoral and slow; it's as mournful as a funeral song and comes across as a
elegy for the Deep South at the end of the Civil War. Side two is marked by
's own stunner,
and two live cuts done with
of the
and the spooky
of
Like
,
is a fine outing from
, though it is hampered a bit by somewhat shoddy recording. But the material and his performance of it are top-notch. ~ Thom Jurek