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​Pony Bradshaw (from the album Calico Jim available on Black Mountain Music) (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Heavy on the storytelling and heavier on the imagery, Pony Bradshaw’s latest, Calico Jim, is a dose of dark Folk tied into the woods of Northwest Georgia. It’s a Folk record for the Folk lovers seeking a bit of grit over fluff.  Pony Bradshaw sings of characters that aren’t afraid to thump their chest and be vocally proud. The lead in the title track opener is a tough buzzard boasting ‘this old dog will still hunt, I don’t need no featherbed, I’m spry as a moon, I won’t even break a sweat’ while the voice in the lazy, psychedelic Folk cut “Dope Mountain” is ‘proud to be a hillbilly, sixth generation, but we ain’t no white trash’. It’s a cut that ramps up to a sound as thick as the humidity in a summertime Georgia forest.
 
“Saw-toothed Jericho” continues the vibe of detailed characters and subtle instrumentation save for the stabbing Southern Rock guitar that comes in quick and leaves even quicker while “Foxfire” has a click-clack train rhythm when it dances toward New Grass and Country territory. Pony Bradshaw digs on the detail, every song loaded with characters, their possessions and feelings brought to life through his ability to tell a vivid tale. These are tunes where the overall mood and landscape is rural and gothic, the tunes carrying a touch of twang via fiddles, banjos and pedal steel that come as a whisper under Pony Bradshaw’s acoustic guitar. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Listen and buy the music of Pony Bradshaw from AMAZON
 
For more info, check out the Pony Bradshaw website

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