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Jumping from 6 to 6

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Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys play an explicitly retro style of music that puts equal parts Western swing, rockabilly, and honky-tonk country into a blender and creates something that Sandy calls “Hi-billy Music.” Jumping from 6 to 6 was the band’s debut, and it remains one of their strongest records. The program is a blend of original songs and covers: the title track is a Jimmy Wilson jump blues rendered as rockabilly raveup; “Weary Blues from Waiting’” is a Hank Williams tune; Sandy’s own “Lookin’ for a ‘Love Me’ Gal” is a loping lover’s croon. Everthing is simultaneously studiously old-fashioned and filled with modern energy.

Rick Anderson

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