southern culture on the skids (also known simply as ‘scots’) is a trio hailing from north carolina and have been playing for over thirty years. this is the first album of theirs i have ever bought. the genres on display on this release run the gamut from rockabilly, surf rock, late sixties psychedelia, and campy punk. rick miller is the main songwriter and only guitarist, and he is a force to be reckoned with. he easily slides between all of the aforementioned styles, and does it with confidence and what seems like a natural lyricism. he can effortlessly switch from eddie cochran to dick dale to jorma kaokonen. witness ‘meximelt’ below.
if you left off the two campier songs (‘midnight caller’ and ‘rice and beans’), i would feel more comfortable giving this a more enthusiastic recommendation. but it is worth giving it a streaming test drive if any of this sounds intriguing to you.
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