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After nearly a decade of delivering their own high-octane, scuzzed-up take on North Mississippi rural blues as a duo, Left Lane Cruiser expanded into a threesome for their 2015 studio album, Dirty Spliff Blues (their fifth for Alive Naturalsound Records). Led by founding member Freddy J IV (aka Joe Evans) on vocals and slide guitar, and joined here by Joe Bent on bass and skateboard slide guitar (yes, he uses his skateboard as an instrument) and Pete Dio on drums and assorted other junk, this three-headed hydra, birthed in either Fort Wayne, IN or Hades depending on who you ask, still whips up the same frenzied mess of trashed-out punk/blues that LLC is known for.
But on Dirty Spliff Blues there's a decidedly more rock ‘n' roll approach to their mean-ass blues. Songs such as "Tangled Up In Bush" or " Skateboard Blues" still slink like snakes in the grass, but tracks such as the pile-driving opener "Tres Borrachos," "Cutting Trees," "She Don't Care" and "Dirty Spliff Blues" rock with a newfound intensity, and that's saying a lot for a band long known for both their intense, sweat-soaked live shows and in-the-red recordings. Of course, LLC's very backbone – the Bbues – is also evident throughout, from the hip-shakin' groove of "Elephant Stomp" to, well, really just about every damn song on the record.
Any way you roll it – from the new cover art created by renowned artist William Stout to the THC-laced shit-kickers – Dirty Spliff Blues smokes like no other Left Lane Cruiser album before it!
- Tres Borrachos
- Elephant Stomp
- Whitebread N' Beans
- Tangled Up In Bush
- Heavy Honey
- Dirty Spliff Blues
- Cutting Trees
- All Damn Day
- Skateboard Blues
- She Don't Care