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INDIE SCENE
MMUSICMAG.COMISSUE #24
ISSUE #24 M MUSIC & MUSICIANS MAGAZINE
JIMBO MATHUSWhite Buffalo
jimbomathus.com
Back in the ’90s, while leading Squirrel Nut Zippers, this Mississippi
native scored a novelty hit with “Hell,” a hot-jazz tune that snuck
onto alt-rock radio. A decade after the Zippers’ demise, Mathus isn’t
doing anything quite as radical or conceptual. White Buffalo is a
genre record, the genre being Southern—a sweaty, twangy sound
informed by country, folk, gospel, soul and good ol’ rock ’n’ roll. The
disc opens with “In the Garden,” a backwoods Adam and Eve parable
that warns, “If you see something wicked, don’t look it in its eyes.” The
narrator on the frisky, Stonesy roadhouse rocker “Fake Hex” ought to
have taken that advice, though heartache’s hardly cramping his style.
‘White Buffalo is a genre record, the genre being
Southern—a sweaty, twangy sound informed by
country, folk, gospel, soul and good ol’ rock ’n’ roll.’
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