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Did you hear about Mucklewain? A brand new festival they held in Harriman, Tennessee, in August. Unbelievable SlackerCountry line-up (Steve Earle, Todd Snider, Scott Miller, Lucero, the Yayhoos, Jason Ringenberg, Kevin Kinney, Daddy – Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack, Cory Branan, Allison Moorer, Webb Wilder, Mic Harrison, and more). We didn’t get to go but Brother Dave and Mary Ann did and graciously sent in this review for us.

Mucklewain is a music festival that was held on August 19, 2006, in a big field in Harriman, Tennessee. Actually, it was a southern rock and Americana music festival. Better yet, it was a damn good time.

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Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men played The Sons of Hermann Hall Thursday night with Chris Gaffney’s band, The Hacienda Brothers , opening- while the regular Thursday night campfire singalong was going on full steam in the downstairs bar. All kinds of old guitars, banjos, and mandolins (along with old guitar, banjo, and mandolin players) were everywhere; there was even a vintage looking lap steel guitar propped up against the wall in the hall just outside the bar. A big circle of players were singing and jamming away while others hung out to have a smoke or drink at the bar or in the hallway.

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“Don’t worry about it, Dante. Just keep it rollin’”. Just a little studio chatter, but that’s how "Kick Up The Dust" starts, and it lets you know how Blood Meridian works. And then the acoustic guitar and simple piano line kicks, the bass and drums propelling things right out of the usual Americana territory. Next a wild phasing electric guitar and by the time the banjo part kicks in the wheels are coming off and the hair on your arms is standing up. Then, just like that, it’s over. But these guys are onto something. Maybe it ain’t the Next Big Thing, but it’s something.

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