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Melissa Carper is omnipresent in today’s old-school country scene, where jazz and blues music has as much influence as fishin’ and drinkin’.
With Sad Daddy, she rolls out with a crew of Arkansas-based musicians: Brian Martin on guitar, Joe Sundell playing banjo and Rebecca Patek on fiddle. Together, they recorded a timeless amalgamation of ballads (“Let's Go Fishin’ ”), jug band songs (“Did We Turn Off the Stove?”) and up-tempo swingers (“Don't You Take My Dollar Bill”).
Recorded at the all-analog Nashville studio The Bomb Shelter (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff), Ozark Shine sounds like a back porch hootenanny with some of your coolest musician friends. The musicianship and vocal harmonies are top-notch, but Sad Daddy also uses humor, whimsy and kazoos to great effect. "Did We Turn Off the Stove?" is a prime example of the sly cleverness Sad Daddy brings to their music while also being completely relatable. Who hasn't left the house wondering if all the necessary things were turned off, locked up, fed, put away, etc.? -DG
With Sad Daddy, she rolls out with a crew of Arkansas-based musicians: Brian Martin on guitar, Joe Sundell playing banjo and Rebecca Patek on fiddle. Together, they recorded a timeless amalgamation of ballads (“Let's Go Fishin’ ”), jug band songs (“Did We Turn Off the Stove?”) and up-tempo swingers (“Don't You Take My Dollar Bill”).
Recorded at the all-analog Nashville studio The Bomb Shelter (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff), Ozark Shine sounds like a back porch hootenanny with some of your coolest musician friends. The musicianship and vocal harmonies are top-notch, but Sad Daddy also uses humor, whimsy and kazoos to great effect. "Did We Turn Off the Stove?" is a prime example of the sly cleverness Sad Daddy brings to their music while also being completely relatable. Who hasn't left the house wondering if all the necessary things were turned off, locked up, fed, put away, etc.? -DG
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