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Mississipi Old Time Country!

Matteo Ringressi | Forlì, Italy | 12/01/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I recently found the original (still sealed) LP of this reissued album. The Hodges brothers are a very underrated band that recorded in the 1960s for Arhoolie records. Band is composed of Felix Hodges on Fiddle, Ralph Hodges on mandolin and guitar, James Hodges on rhythm guitar and sometimes John White on bass. This edition is enriched with other recordings from the group, wich weren't available on the LP. The whole thing has been remastered and has a great sound.

This would be a great CD either if you are a bluegrass fan or and old time music fan. Infact one of the best parts about this CD is that you can hear influences of both the old time brother duets and string bands, as well as Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and the great bands of the 40s-50s."

A wonderful window into country music's past

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 08/28/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A remarkable set of informally delivered "old time Mississippi country music" (as the liner notes describe it), mostly recorded in 1960 on one of many folkloric field trips conducted by Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz, back at the label's inception. The Hodge Brothers were for-real hicks, longtime radio performers who hailed from Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. They were also torchbearers for the old-fashioned country style exemplified by The Blue Sky Boys and other Depression-era acts, with a subtle intertwining of "country" and bluegrass elements. This disc might be a little too "neither fish nor fowl" for fans of one style or another, but hick music connoisseurs should be delighted by it. I found it quite captivating and consistently listenable... raspy and rootsy, but also quite tuneful, and with a nice selection of songs -- either songs that I was unfamiliar with, or odd local variations on well-known songs in the hillbilly canon. Check this record out -- it's a doozy."