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“I’m going back to the country/cause country’s what I am” Grayson Capps sure as shit is country, he is “eatin’ cornbread and raising hell” an singing about “Big Ole Woman”, but how many other good ole country boys pontificate on Oscar Wilde and Salsamaggiore, Italy? Grayson Capps has got more then a little poet in him, a whole lot of living to talk about and with the help of the Stumpknockers backing him up he explores his roots and then manages to fly above them on Rott-N-Roll.
From the sweet syrupy production and playing on “Psychic Channel Blues” and “The Waltz,” to the rawness of “Big Black Buzzard” and “Sock Monkey,” this is the sound of southern renaissance after floods and hardships. The enigma of the American South streams through Capps’s best songs here like whiskey. The conflicted lyrics and six string crunch of “Guitar,” an the easy like Sunday morning spirituality that infuses “Arrowhead” with power while still sounding simple, hints at a great album just around the corner from these sons of Dixie. Not only is this a good start, but fans of the Drive-By Truckers, North Mississippi All-Stars and Townes Van Zandt should take note, if they haven’t all ready.
