Supersuckers Holdin' The Bag

2016, The greatest rock and roll band deliver one hell of a fine country album. A refreshing change from all that pop country stuff that spews out of the radio like an aural muck spreader. This is witty, intelligent, well observed song writing. The title track opens the album with romantic wariness that turns into bona fide doubt for the double entendre ,,High And Outside". In turn, there's annoyance (,,Jibber Jabber"), mourning (,,I Can't Cry") and, finally, acceptance (,,This Life Would Be a Whole Lot Better If I Didn't Have to Share it With You"). The album cover's western shadows are paid off with the trail rhythm of the nameless ,,Man On A Mission" and the waltz-time ,,That's How It Gets Done", and though the arrangements are threaded with harmonica, banjo, mandolin, accordion, fiddle and steel, the band breaks out late-70s-styled rock'n'roll for ,,Shimmy And Shake". Well into their third decade, the Supersuckers sound better than ever.