​Marcus King Band (from the album Darling Blue

​Marcus King Band (from the album Darling Blue

​Marcus King Band (from the album Darling Blue available on American Recordings) (by Bryant Liggett)
If you’re lucky enough to live in a household where people keep an ear and eye to the real music world then Marcus King is a household name. The man is not a flavor of the week, nor someone discussed as a halftime show. He is better than that, and if you’re throwing around names like Gatton, Buchanan, or Allman, you’ll likely know about Marcus King, who’s latest in Darling Blue proves yet again through voice and chops that he’s worthy of praise.
He lays it out real, opening the record with “On & On” where he’s owning ‘toxic traits’ saying ‘I thought you’d like to hear me say sorry again, I know I fucked up’, and doing so in a Country Blues groove. Marcus King’s sound is a full package of Southern Soul, Blues, Gospel, and Boogie, all heard in “Honky Tonk Hell” which is a fun groover or “Carolina Honey” which plays out with a dose of tripped-out Funk. “Heartlands” has a homey drop of King messing with his dog which introduces this cut ripe for GOOD Country radio (this reviewer will repeat, GOOD country radio). He gets trippy with Billy Strings via psychedelic Country on “Dirt” and the laid back and cool cut in “The Shadows” finds Marcus King joined by Noah Cyrus of the Cyrus clan of musicians. 
Marcus King is a countrified, cool cat and an old soul whose list of guitar accolades should, and will, keep getting longer. Its deserved. (by Bryant Liggett)
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