Jason & Scorchers, Jason & The Scorchers - Wildfires & Misfires: Two Decades Of Outtakes & Rarities

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Music Review: A Welcome Fix for Scorchers Junkies
Rating: 4 Stars

Many of these songs--though presented here in different form--will be readily recognizable: demo versions of "Absolutely Sweet Marie," "Shop It Around" and a live version of "Lost Highway (recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour). But the real gems are the new songs. There's a haunting version of "Long Black Veil." The pull-out-all-the-stops version of "Tear It Up" performed before a live audience in Denmark features a guitar battle between Warner Hodges and Link Wray that will leave you breathless. They also tear through a rousing live version of "Polk Salad Annie" with Warner Hodges on vocals. And there's a classic country quality to the tearjerker "The Slow Train Never Ends," which features a duet with Warner's mother Blanche. One of my personal favorites is a live and unplugged radio show performance of "Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel."

All told, this is a welcome addition to the Jason and the Scorchers canon. If you miss these guys half as much as I do, you owe to yourself to buy this album (before it goes out of print, too). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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