Everyone agrees, South Filthy can do no wrong! When these good ole boys sat down together in Austin during South by Southwest back in 2003, the tunes just began to flow- resulting in an Austin/Memphis Roots Rock Soul Explosion!
South Filthy features Walter Daniels (Jack O'Fire, Big Foot Chester), Msr.Jeffrey Evans (Gibson Bros., '68 Comeback), Jack Yarber (Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers), Rice Moorehead (Big Foot Chester) and Mike Buck (Fabulous Thunderbirds, Doug Sahm). With big talent like this, everyone’s favorite label, Sympathy for the Record Industry, couldn’t say no, and their first album was born- "You Can Name It Your Mammy If You Wanna".
You can’t quarantine these slippery suckers… South Filthy will treat you to a country ballad, then slap you silly with a 50s rocker complete with backup “eeews†and “aaahsâ€, then bash in your door with a Chester Burnett blues stomp, with the dirtiest, nastiest wish-I-had-a-bar-of-Ivory-soap kinda trash harp that only Walter Daniels can truly pull off.
Insert into the star studded cast a list of special guests, like Jimbo Mathus (played with Buddy Guy & Elvis Costello plopped down some tracks at his studio), Eugene Chadbourne (all around musical nut played with John Zorn, They Might Be Giants, Camper Van Beethoven), and Earl Poole Ball (honky tonk piano tinkler played with Johnny Cash, The Byrds, Buck Owens)
When the second South Filthy offering was made- "Crackin Up"- Rockin Bones put out the fine slab on wax, and Licorice Tree Records will release it on Compact Disc February 7th! Your ears will be pleasured to another heapin helpin’ of whacked out covers and story telling originals…
Three live ditties are tacked on to the end of the CD. Consider yourself blessed in the muddy waters of the South Filthy River. AMEN!
