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group Blue Mountain, released in 1999.

Critical reception

'' No Depression'' wrote that Stirratt and Hudson's "harmonies, and, just as importantly, the subtle, fleeting moments when their voices veer off course are Blue Mountain’s musical signature." ''

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'' thought that "Hudson and Stirratt borrow widely and wisely—grabbing elements from X, Johnny Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, J.J. Cale and especially Neil Young, both in his pretty acoustic and noisy electric phases—but they give it all backwoods Mississippi spin and make it intensely personal." ''

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'' noted that the band "even venture into Dixie-fried rock territory, albeit in a mercifully less greasy form than the Molly Hatchets of yesteryear."

Track listing

Personnel

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- acoustic, electric, slide guitars * Jef Callaway - trombone * Frank Coutch - vocals, drums, percussion *

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: drums, congas *

Caroline Herring Caroline Herring (born 1969 in Canton, Mississippi) is an American folk and country singer, songwriter and musician. She started singing professionally when she was a graduate student at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the Unive ...

- vocals *

Cary Hudson Cary Hudson is an American lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter of the alternative country/Southern rock band Blue Mountain (band), Blue Mountain. Biography Hudson was born in the town of Sumrall, Mississippi, located approximately 15 m ...

- vocals * Jim Spake - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone * Laurie Stirratt - vocals, guitar

References

1999 albums Blue Mountain (band) albums Roadrunner Records albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub