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Polaris
North Mississippi Allstars
Polaris
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
 
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With their third album, this blues-rock outfit from the Mississippi hills further transcends their mimicry of the Allman Brothers and home-turf heroes Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, and Fred McDowell to forge a distinct ...  more »

     

CD Details

All Artists: North Mississippi Allstars
Title: Polaris
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Artemis Records
Release Date: 5/20/2003
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Blues Rock, Roots Rock, Southern Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 699675116224

Synopsis

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With their third album, this blues-rock outfit from the Mississippi hills further transcends their mimicry of the Allman Brothers and home-turf heroes Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, and Fred McDowell to forge a distinct sound. Sure, the guitars ring even more like the Allmans' with the addition of Burnside's son Duwayne, who harmonizes his six-string with Luther Dickinson's on plenty of tunes. But improved vocal performances and pop-savvy arrangements make numbers like "Eyes," "Kids These Daze," "One to Grow On," and the hip-hop-informed "Be So Glad" ready for rock radio. Happily, the foursome haven't sidestepped their deep blues roots. The late cane fife master Othar Turner appears on "Be So Glad," and they cover Kimbrough's "Meet Me in the City" with all of its original swing and swagger, plus the warm, joyful tone of Dickinson's expert slide playing. "The One Thing," with its roiling acoustic guitar intro and steel-guitar-style string-bending, unfurls like an epic. It evolves from country blues to country rock and then dives into a gently exploratory jazz-blues instrumental passage before returning to its flat-four beat. If this CD gets the attention its well-written songs and fine playing deserve, the Allstars' smart and solid fusion may well become the foundation for a new school of Southern rock. --Ted Drozdowski

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CD Reviews

Criticism is biased
brotherman | alamosa, CO | 06/12/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"to say that this album isn't any good just because it is different from shake hands with shorty or 51 phantom is wrong. This is a great album with great songs and great production done by a great band."