Mister Dodo Bones and the One-Eyed Jacks
“Mister Dodo Bones and the One-Eyed Jacks lay down a twangy, rattling, lo-fi, clankin’, down-home country blues with a junkyard aesthetic and songs that speak of a life hard-lived, questionable decisions and many a lost weekend. Add a voice that sounds scraped up off the floor after a bar fight accompanied by instrumentation and arrangements infused with a sozzled, toe-tapping, rhythm and lurching melodies. In contrast to scores of bluesman wannabes and posers, Dodo Bones & the One-Eyed Jacks carry the air of authenticity…”
“I recently got my grubby mitts on the latest release from Dodo and the boys, and man, what a treat that was. Imagine JJ Cale, Ry Cooder, Woody Guthrie and Sean Beam all kicked back with a big lid of the finest. And they all melted into one powerhouse of a voice backed by a stripped back rhythm section. Pull the hood back, jam the pedal to the metal and take a road trip to the desert as the sun sets. Or, listen to this new album.”
“Really, there’s not much to moan about here. This is much better than a lot of the guys who are doing the rounds and they have a past reputation to live up to. So let’s look at the details, the molecules of what’s going down here. Mister Bones has been wrapped in the blues and has a great knowledge of the genre. He has chosen his songs well, keeping the familiar and unfamiliar together.
His voice and the band? It’s like they have been playing together for years.
The production and mixing? Can’t be faulted, smooth sound with just that bit of edge you need to get things off the ground.
The future looks bright for Mister Dodo Bones & the One-Eyed Jacks, where’s my shades?”
“I recently got my grubby mitts on the latest release from Dodo and the boys, and man, what a treat that was. Imagine JJ Cale, Ry Cooder, Woody Guthrie and Sean Beam all kicked back with a big lid of the finest. And they all melted into one powerhouse of a voice backed by a stripped back rhythm section. Pull the hood back, jam the pedal to the metal and take a road trip to the desert as the sun sets. Or, listen to this new album.”
“Really, there’s not much to moan about here. This is much better than a lot of the guys who are doing the rounds and they have a past reputation to live up to. So let’s look at the details, the molecules of what’s going down here. Mister Bones has been wrapped in the blues and has a great knowledge of the genre. He has chosen his songs well, keeping the familiar and unfamiliar together.
His voice and the band? It’s like they have been playing together for years.
The production and mixing? Can’t be faulted, smooth sound with just that bit of edge you need to get things off the ground.
The future looks bright for Mister Dodo Bones & the One-Eyed Jacks, where’s my shades?”