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Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three are from St. Louis, Missouri. They play a wonderfully fresh and quirky kind of roots music that combines a riverboat ragtime sound with Delta-meets-Appalachia songwriting, all laid down in front of a big, big swingin beat. They were a big success at Celtic Connections in January 2010 and plan further UK gigs. LaFarge is a neo-hobo, constantly travelling and continually inspired by early American roots music. But while Pokey LaFarge and his crew may summon up the likes of Blind Blake, Dan Hicks, or Leon Redbone, and their music may be a fitting soundtrack to R. Crumb s comics, don t call it old-timey ! Pokey and the South City Three s unique sound is certainly eclectic, rough around the edges and often a throwback to past times, featuring parlour guitar, guitjo (a guitar-tuned six-string banjo) kazoo and harmonica, but they give it all a modern twist - they call it Riverboat Soul . This is their 3rd album. "Lawd knows we need people like Pokey LaFarge. Coming on like a bastard son of Woody Guthrie and Blind Blake, this is the kind of stuff Ry Cooder s been trying to do for decades: no-holds-barred, honest-to-goodness sheet-kicking music of the highest order. - Julian Piper, Acoustic Magazine
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1-La La Blues 2-Claude Jones 3-Won't Make Love At All 4-Hard Times Come And Go 5-Two-Faced Tom 6-You Don't Want Me 7-Sweet Potato Blues 8-Bag Of Bones 9-In The Graveyard Now 10-Migraines And Heartpains 11-Old Black Dog 12-Daffodil Blues (2010/FREEDIRT) (12/41:03) digipac. Great, young sounding album with a mix of Skiffle/Dixieland and Bluegrass - Riverboat style! Pokey LaFarge (voc/gtr/kazoo/gitjo/harp), Joey Glynn (bass), Ryan Koenig (harp/washboard/perc/voc), Adam Hoskins (gtr/slide).
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this album when I went to see these guys at the Blue Coconut Club last night in Pulborough, in the deep South (of West Sussex). Amazing show, great playing,great singing, and REAL entertainment, something most modern singers know nothing about. This CD captures their stage sound and feel pretty well, and should appeal to anyone who enjoys acoustic american music with a goodtime, (old timey if you must,) feel.
I like Leon Redbone, have all his stuff, but like this even more, high energy,lively,fun, goodtime music. Makes me wish I'd been born in the South.(Mississippi/Louisiana, not West Sussex!)
Great, great, great!!!!!! Buy it.
I like Leon Redbone, have all his stuff, but like this even more, high energy,lively,fun, goodtime music. Makes me wish I'd been born in the South.(Mississippi/Louisiana, not West Sussex!)
Great, great, great!!!!!! Buy it.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Pokey LaFarge is the real thing. A kid hobo musician who knows a thing or two about pure American blues/folk/jazz, the kind of thing that powered St.Louis and Kansas City in the 1920's and 1930's, but hip enough to love right now. The songs are acoustic, sparkling, varied and rough enough around the edges to sound heartfelt. He sings with white soul and plays guitar with verve. Even his kazoo solos are first rate(no kidding).
His backing trio are also more than competent, and howl along with the Pokester on most of the record. His single La La Blues is good, but there are even better tracks than this all the way down the 12. One or two holes, perhaps, but I'd say this is the most enjoyable LP since Electric Dirt by the great Levon Helm.
This is his third CD, and on the strength of this, the other two must be worth buying.
For those of us in London, he is playing in Kilburn on 25 August, and I will be catching him.
I hear he is dynamite live.
His backing trio are also more than competent, and howl along with the Pokester on most of the record. His single La La Blues is good, but there are even better tracks than this all the way down the 12. One or two holes, perhaps, but I'd say this is the most enjoyable LP since Electric Dirt by the great Levon Helm.
This is his third CD, and on the strength of this, the other two must be worth buying.
For those of us in London, he is playing in Kilburn on 25 August, and I will be catching him.
I hear he is dynamite live.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Purchased following seeing them live .I had not heard of them but was persuaded by a friend as he thought i'd like their blend of much of the eary 20thcentury roots music .. he was right and this CD captures the joy these excellent musicians have in playing it for us
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Genius album, I dare you not to like it
A fantastic album. Songs are incredibly catchy and impossible not to jig around to. Perfect summer (and winter!) fodder. Kind of 50s hillbilly meets gypsy folky country. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Talljane
Riverboat Soul, Pokey Lafarge & the South City Three
Brilliant CD of some very skilled musicians. Lively, foot-tapping stuff, with lyrics that tell a story every time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Chrissywissy
Authentic rootsy americana
Pokey LaFarge sounds like he's been reincarnated from the Mississippi Riverboat era inhabited by Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert O. Davidson
Riverboat Soul
Absolutely brilliant and is exactly what it says on the cover. Very Jug Bandish and great artists. Will be ordering more.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Douglas Broadhurst
Bluegrass skiffle
Riverboat Soul is an offering from Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three that defies the wisdom of the manufactured acts. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. M Errington
Summer Sundae weekender
Saw this band on the Musician stage at summer Sundae Weekender. Full of fun, excellent musicians and the crowd (of all ages) went wild. Read more
Published 20 months ago by David Nance
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