The Mighty Lumberhorn
Blood Is Thicker Than Moonshine
© 2004 lumberhorn (616892573326)
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The debut album from the new American standard in hillbilly music features 11 original ditties about kinfolk, Jesus and sweet, merciful death.
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The lumberhorn is a 2 x 4 with an echo chamber on the bottom, and two piano strings tuned with wing nuts. The sensibility that would lead someone (lumberhorninst B.J. McCrow) to conceive of and build such an instrument instead of just using a bass pervades Blood Is Thicker Than Moonshine, and that's a good thing.
The Mighty Lumberhorn describe their sound as "hillbilly music," but it's hillbilly music for 2004, which means that they incorporate the occasional searing electric guitar solo into their bluegrass/country base and write songs about Tupac Shakur. It also means that they have weird, irreverent takes on such subjects as religion ("What Would Jesus Drive," "I'm Gonna Burn In Hell," "Hallelujah") and romance ("Shotgun Wedding").
Songwriting duties are split between McCrow and banjo/guitar player Boy Howdy, with one or two songs by mandolinist Buster P. Highman. McCrow's songs tend to be stranger, peaking with "Armageddon Over You," which makes personality types out of Hershey's miniatures, quotes Aerosmith, and mashes the Green Acres theme together with the main riff from Iron Man. Of course, "stranger" is a relative term-Boy Howdy being responsible for "I'll Come Back and Haunt You When I Die," among other songs.
Still, it's not all silly. There's genuine bite to the humor, and there's a traditionally-styled lonesome drunk country song, the odd but uplifting "Crow Can Fly" and the genuinely bile-filled "Northwest Indiana" that prove that The Mighty Lumberhorn can be serious without losing energy and creativity.
-Jeremy Berg
BJ McCrow-Lumberhorn, Vocals
Buster Highman-Mandolin, Vocals
James Hutton-Father of Geology
Uncle Cousin Dan-Jug, Washboard
Jeffro-American Tourister Drum Kit
Boy Howdy-Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
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The best CD ever released.
author: daveonbassSo I hear about this band that's got a bass made out of a 2x4. Find their website, head over to CD Baby and check out their CD - like what I hear so I buy it. AND I just happen to be lucky enough to live in Wisconsin so I go see them live before the CD even arrives and I buy ANOTHER copy at the show! Great band, great recording, I recommend buying 2 right away! One fer da home, one fer da car! If'n ya gots one o' them See-Dee contraptions in your car that is... Aw, heck - buy two and give one away if'n ya ain't got no vehicle. Then see 'em live! Yee-haw! More fun than a little red wagon pullin' a truckload of manure over to grandma's house!
Watch out Nashville and Cudahy, here comes The Lumberhorn
author: Rockin' HoweThe Mighty Lumberhorn has a electric and irrevrent charm that is oddly and irresistibly engaging. Utilizing witty offbeat lyrics, this album engages in social commentary on issues such as religon, racism, drug and alcohol use, gangsta rap, and dysfunctional family life. Lyrics are complimented by a masterfull blend of non-traditional instruments such as the mouth harp, moonshine jug, washboard, and the centerpiece itself: The Lumberhorn. Don't be fooled by the fact that the Lumberhorn is crafted out of plywood and an old 2x4. Band member B.J. McCrow is able to coax a believable and rollicking good sound out of this non-traditional bass that serves as the cornerstone of a solid album. Whoever thought hillbilly could be so hip?