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Mixed Bag
Junior Brown
Mixed Bag
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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Though the title could as easily apply to most of Brown's output, Mixed Bag understates the eclecticism of this radical traditionalist's first release in almost three years. For fans of his pyrotechnic picking on his doubl...  more »

     
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All Artists: Junior Brown
Title: Mixed Bag
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Curb Special Markets
Release Date: 7/31/2001
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Roadhouse Country, Today's Country, Neotraditional
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 715187871922

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Though the title could as easily apply to most of Brown's output, Mixed Bag understates the eclecticism of this radical traditionalist's first release in almost three years. For fans of his pyrotechnic picking on his double-necked "guit-steel," there's an album-opening assault on Jerry Reed's "Guitar Man," as well as supercharged romps through "Catfish and Collard Greens" and "Wild Goose Chase." While the musical rewards of such virtuosic displays may wear thin quickly, the balladry of "Running with the Wind" and "Our First Bluebonnet Spring" strikes a richer, deeper vein, while the patented wordplay of "Cagey Bea" (about a Russian spy) and "Little Town Square" attests to Brown's distinctive songwriting. The biggest stretch is the horn-laden Dixieland of "Riverboat Shuffle," before the musicianship of veteran stalwarts such as pianist Hargus "Pig" Robbins and drummer Buddy Harman returns the collection full-circle to classic country. --Don McLeese

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Jammin'
jbembe | Ann Arbor, MI United States | 06/30/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This music is like dwight yoakum crossed with beck and kirk hammett thrown in. Great stuff, and cagey bea is an awesome song. I got this disc because I heard cagey bea somewhere, and now I can't quit listening to it. Great! Get it!"
Title holds true
James J. Nadeau | holyoke, ma United States | 05/30/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I love junior brown. however this cd is truely a mixed bag.let's all hope his soon to be released "down home chrome" will see a return to form."