Boondocks celebrates new disc with party at Wort
by Rich Anderson, Planet Jackson Hole - August 29, 2007
"The word 'boondocks' evokes a hardscrabble existence scratched out of a parsimonious land, suspicious – maybe even a little dangerous – rural types who work hard and drink harder, and dark, mysterious realms at the end of that long dirt road you never dared to turn down.
Playing a mix of blues, hard rocking electric country and a few traditionals, the band evokes associations of the hard life, hard partiers, and also the warm folksiness that one inevitably comes to experience and appreciate once you, the outsider, is welcomed in. Boondocks’ new disc, 'Live at the Silver Dollar,' was, as the title implies, recorded over the course of two nights at the famed downtown saloon in January of this year, and the dates find the five players in fine form.
Guitarist-mandolinist Aaron Davis is rock solid on his solos and offers some of the set’s finest originals. It’s a fun mix of music and styles, deftly performed by five well-practiced players who appear to just be getting better and better together, and if this disc, released on Davis’ own Gros Ventre River Records, is any indication, their shows make for a rowdy party."
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