Album Notes

The Badass Chickenbones' music ranges from thoughtful ballads to up-tempo, toe-stompin' energetic rock 'n' roll tempered with country and bluegrass influences - sort of Counting Crows meets the Black Crowes, with a dash of Paul Westerberg and a pinch of Johnny Cash thrown in.

It's not quite alt-country, but it's not all-out Southern Rock, either, falling instead somewhere in the fertile middle ground pioneered by Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Tom Petty and the like and more recently expanded by bands like the Old 97s, Son Volt and Wilco into this makeshift category we call "Americana."*

Singer-songwriter Lane Murchison delivers clever, original lyrics about life, love and freeways, backed up by the stellar performances of guitarist James Nash, bassist Mike Anderson and drummer Kevin Woodhouse.