ARTIST: Jim & Jennie & The Pinetops
TITLE: Rivers Roll On By
LABEL: Bloodshot Records
GENRE: Country
TIME: 39:26 min
SIZE:  53,8 MB
RIP DATE: May-03-2005
RELEASE DATE: Apr-26-2005
WEBSITE: www.bloodshotrecords.com

Track List:

01. Country Boy Rock & Roll                    02:51
02. Mount St. Helens                           03:51
03. Blackie Moore                              03:57
04. Red Rocking Chair                          02:37
05. Katy Hill                                  02:00
06. Quit Barking At Me                         03:09
07. The Poison Vine                            03:06
08. The Way It's For Me                        02:42
09. Cold Green Sea                             02:46
10. Hannah's Song                              03:59
11. I Know You're Married But I Love You Still 02:02
12. Walking In My Sleep                        03:31
13. Stars Fall                                 02:55

Release Notes:

From the lysergic sidewalks of Haight-Ashbury to the
homebrew-stoked hollers of Kentucky and campsites of
Bull Run, to the rum-soaked high seas, Jim & Jennie
make you feel like they're your traveling companions
through the past and into what is to be. Weaving
together Southern rock and folk idioms, the Pinetops
ease into an alluring and shadowy new space that is
an irresistible match between the Harry Smith creak
of our American musical backwaters and the
easy-on-the-way-down psychedelic vibe of the
Fairport Convention and Buffalo Springfield.

Collaborating with some of western North Carolina's
finest musicians imbued them with a sense of
stylistic freedom. They are also armed with Brad
Hutchinson's Banjocaster, a nifty little instrument
that can sound like an electric guitar, organ pedal
steel and might even be able to do your laundry it
is SO versatile. While Rivers Roll On By will please
fans who have come to know them as a top shelf
bluegrass unit, it also reveals a new sense of
experimentation that raises them to a unique new
standard. This album has the special quality of
tapping into that primal kind of universal
spookiness and desperation that just hangs in the
clouds, that seeps into the trees, the hills, the
seas and the bars. Adding to this stark framework,
Jennie sings with a voice as fragile and powerful as
a Walker Evans dustbowl photograph and their
harmonies are as close as ever. A daring record;
respectful of tradition, but lyrically and musically
unafraid to carry it to thrilling new places.

"They take traditional bluegrass and add a punk-rock
sensibility that works. Original and inventive, they
offer tunes that sound written in ancient runes. Jim
and Jennie's efforts are the most exciting
country/folk/bluegrass body of work I have heard in
a long time." - Alan Cackett, Maverick

"Benford's [voice is] a mezzo soprano that sounds
like a mountain sunrise. Jim and Jennie split their
time between stark ballads and rollicking stompers,
both played with aplomb, and there's rarely a
misstep." Joe Tangari Pitchfork

"Vivid and memorable, 'Rivers Roll On By' is a
mature and moving work, a real keeper." David McGee
Barnes & Noble

“Blending a hard-edged style of country, vocal
harmonies and a fast, driving tempo, the Pinetops
favor a traditional, earthy sound.” – Rockpile

“The energetic harmony singing can raise the hairs
on your neck… The tunes sound simultaneously
timeless and old as the hills.” – Chicago Reader

“Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops are raging against
the dying of the light while at the same time
dragging the carcass around with them.” – Pitchfork

