This is the music of a culture born at the crossroads. A culture trying to survive by just chuggin' along to the sweet notes of optimism in Mama's cornbread alongside the despair of troubled times.
Songwriters and composers
Minds And Music
Black & Blue
If you are black and blue chances are you are tired or even beaten, but you keep going. Dobro and harmonica trudge along to the beat of the blues. The slide guitar speaks in a slow and measured groove and the harmonica chimes along.
2:00 · 90 BPM
Crawfish Boil
A lazy country day at the county fair, with a soft but hazy sun shining down. The smell of a crawfish boil is in the air as you stand downwind. Lazy riffs on acoustic guitar, honky tonk harmonica create a laid back groove and an upbeat mood great for a perfect summer afternoon.
2:11 · 145 BPM
Bourbon Street
Walking down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, blues in the air, attitudes everywhere, strutting and doing your thing. Groovy dobro riff starts it off, acoustic slide guitar joins in. Harmonica always backing you. This track has a cocky attitude and feels mighty confident.
2:13 · 107 BPM
Just Chuggin' Along
When you're chuggin' along you're just following the groove and finding a path without any thought. Acoustic slide guitar starts the chuggin' and the others really have no choice. Harmonica and dobro chug along too, with a groovy rhythm section. Everyone is just chuggin' away.
2:18 · 120 BPM
Pass A Good Time
If you are a native to the South, you know what this means, the start to a perfect and carefree evening. This song is the first drink. An easy groove that settles the mind, lazy harmonica riffs and a dobro speaking freely.
1:51 · 112 BPM
Steel Driving Man
The steel driving man swings his hammer as hard as possible, and into the rock. He's a man of few words. Slow and steady as he goes. This track has a similar rhythm, an even keel, but hard and unyielding. Slow blues with an insistent attitude.
1:40 · 75 BPM
Mason Dixie Line
The Mason Dixie line represents a historical and cultural border between the North and South. The blues are American and America is the blues. Acoustic guitar starts a steady groove and a dobro speaks its mind with ease and fun.
2:30 · 116 BPM
Mama's Cornbread
For people in the South, cornbread is serious business and there ain't nothin' like Mama's. Gently plucked dobro starts an easy mood. The slide guitar has simple stories to tell. Relaxed and easy vibe.
2:09 · 102 BPM
Ole Downhome
A simple country life makes for simple people. Life can be so easy. Work hard all day and end it with song and dance. People stomping and having a grand time. Dobro slide star and harmonica are in a fun mood and frolic till the wee hours.
2:03 · 112 BPM
Lonesome Homesick
The blues have often been used metaphorically as sad and melancholic music, not always true, but in this case it is. Alone and tired, it's been a hard day. Dobro likes to talk about just how hard it has been, so far from home. Slow, minor blues with a little electric piano for warmth.
2:53 · 56 BPM
Peyote Sunset
Peyote, a cactus, allows the user to connect with the spiritual world, outside of space and time. This track, too, is outside the realm of time, has no tempo and puts you in an ambient space with slide dobro on layers of Native American flutes and synthesizer pads.
2:39
Jim Crow
Sometimes we must face a darkness from our past, or the past of our ancestors. This darkness will put you in an uncomfortable space where you are forced to confront your demons. A tempoless track, ambient, dark and moody with the dobro, once again, at the fore.
2:40
Troubled Times
Troubled times test our souls and they bring out what hides inside of us. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. Whats hiding inside of you? Slow and expressive slide dobro on a layer of synths and languid harmonica. Timeless and formless.
2:12