This is a great song and I think this excellent video does a great job of enhancing the hot dusty vibe I love about it. Thanks to the 9513 for a heads up.
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Rebel Syndicate are a Southern-Rock band outta Jackson County, Florida that write hell raising booze soaked rave-ups (Beer Don’t Bitch) and talking-song shuffles on Southern pride (Grace of God) these guys are doing it right and keeping it righteous. Check ‘em out.
Rebel Syndicate – “Grace Of God”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i85NCE8a_vw[/youtube]Rolling Stone has a nice review of the new Merle Haggard box set “The Original Outlaw.”
A sample:
Merle Haggard’s toughest song may be his 1968 country hit “I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am.” Despite the title, it’s not about a working man — he sings in the voice of a hobo loner, drifting from place to place. “I keep thumbin’ through the phone books/Lookin’ for my daddy’s name in every town,” Hag sings — the way he [...]