Blog: Hyperbolium

Finely aged collection of alcohol-themed country and blues This is a 40-song set heavily populated with songs of grape and grain. There are blues tunes by Floyd Dixon, Big Jay McNeely, Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Liggins and Sonny Terry, but the bulk of the collection is drawn from classic country artists such as Merle Haggard, the Louvin Brothers, Wanda Jackson, Merle Travis, Hank Thompson and Faron Young. There's also western swing from Bob Wills and bluegrass harmonies from Jim & Jessie. The album mixes classic songs of drink, drinking and drunkenness with tunes, such as [...]