South's 2003 album showcases the band's evolution as musicians and songwriters and introduces a more mature sound. Produced by Dave Eriga (Idlewild, Ash, Manic Street Preachers). Kinetic.

South's wide ranging repertoire sees both shimmering acoustica and edge beatiness lying comfortably side by side. But rather than sounding fragmented and disjointed both are effortlessly held together with one colossal ongoing loose-limbed groove.

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Japanese pressing of 2006 album adds 1 bonus track.

It s been a bit over two years since the release of Home Sweet Home, the South Memphis String Band s debut album. During that interval the members of the band decided to record a new album, Old Times There.., that will be released May 8th from Memphis International Records. Alvin Youngblood Hart declares, We re back from retirement and we think this is an even better record than the first one. For the follow up, Luther Dickinson, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus dug deep into a repository of songs that reflect the essential southern-ness of their common background and recruited a fourth member, Justin Showah, to help them delve into that musical heritage. The album was recorded traditionally using four old-fashioned ribbon microphones and as quickly as possible in deference to the organic/natural approach that Jambands called the pure sound of fingers, strings, wood, and throats. The spontaneity heard on the album mirrors the process by which the band members contributed material. While traveling to tour dates after the first album s release in the tight quarters of a small van, they would amuse each other with songs they knew.

12 tracks including GAMES PEOPLE PLAY. Small mark on barcode.

This Rodgers & Hammerstein landmark won a Pulitzer to go with its 10 Tonys. It also unleashed several standards we couldn't imagine being without: Bali Ha'i; Some Enchanted Evening; I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair; Younger Than Springtime , and more!

As the free world teeters once again on the terrifying brink of depression, return with us now to those bygone days of yesteryear and lose your troubles in the timeless songs of the South Memphis String Band. Three young contemporary blues artists, each in his own right, a rising star. Three modern Mississippi musicians on a knight s quest to retrieve, preserve, and carry into the future America s most unique and meaningful musical statement.
Jim Dickinson (1941 2009)

When Luther Dickinson, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus got together to make music, it certainly wasn t out of commercial consideration. This troika of roots-imbued musical pros coalesced through a shared vision and consuming passion for the music of their forebears, most notably the Mississippi Sheiks, Memphis Jug Band, Gus Cannon s Jug Stompers and other practitioners of pre-blues era roots sounds.

Home Sweet Home, their first album, out on Memphis International January 19th, showcases their passion for the old timey tradition that is underscored by the group s name: South Memphis String Band. South Memphis, of course, is that rough and tumble area of the Bluff City extending from downtown to the Mississippi border, and beyond. It s where Stax Records as well as, literally, hundreds of churches thrived. The sacred and profane, holy rolling and dice rolling, were cheek by jowl in old South Memphis and its modern day namesake reflects that ecumenicism quite brilliantly. For Luther, Alvin and Jimbo, South Memphis is more of a musical state of mind than a specific geographical location.

They ve been called a regional roots music supergroup but the alliance of Dickinson (from the North Mississippi Allstars and, of late, the Black Crowes), Hart (the Grammy winner who is as equally adept at thrash rock as he is at country blues) and Mathus (of the Squirrel Nut Zippers) is more like three good friends just putting it down in a very traditional way. Mathus explained, Luther, Youngblood Hart and myself have been musical co-conspirators for over a decade. It is only fitting that we should come together with acoustic instruments and perform Mississippi music.

Michael Hoinski, writing in the Austin American-Statesman witnessed what s so special about SMSB at a recent performance noting, The American experience is the main unifier of this slap happy yet sureshot trio... Each player is principally a bluesman but also well-schooled in country, folk and gospel.

When asked about the subject matter of SMSB s repertoire, Alvin responds without hesitation, "Natural disasters, bushwackers, train songs... Home Sweet Home s tune stack with songs identified with Gus Cannon, Blind Willie Johnson, The Mississippi Sheiks, Carter Family underscores that thought with titles like Jesse James, Bootlegger's Blues, and Bloody Bill. The latter song, along with Worry 'bout Your Own Backyard is an original but is reflective of the old timey ethos that, thanks to Luther, Alvin and Jimbo, continues. Whether you hold a degree in ethnomusicologist or are just a person who is moved by authentic acoustic American music, Home Sweet Home speaks your language, in beautifully measured tones. As Jimbo notes, We decided the South Memphis String Band will never be in a hurry.

1995 compilation for the enduring indie act. This Canadian version two bonus tracks. Universal.