The man singing these songs isn t exactly the same man who wrote them says pokey lafarge of rock bottom rhapsody his eighth and latest studio release this album is about the story of who i used to be.
Pokey lafarge riverboat soul vinyl.
In 2017 pokey lafarge played hank snow in the cmt series sun records.
Number 1 was jack white at the newport folk festival in newport rhode island.
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This was number 2.
Pokey lafarge the south city three riverboat soul from st.
Pokey is a young man with an old soul.
Riverboat soul is an offering from pokey lafarge and the south city three that defies the wisdom of the manufactured acts.
It was the first time i heard him.
Free dirt records 0 2011.
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They hail from st louis but spend most of the year criss crossing the us bringing their brand of riverboat soul to those of us unfortunate enough not to have been born by the banks of the mississippi.
This is determindly acoustic and backwards looking more jimmie rodgers than hank williams in the tempo if not the song writing.
These guys are skilled versatile musicians and pokey is a charismatic entertainer.
Louis missouri comes a wonderfully fresh and quirky kind of pop music that combines a riverboat ragtime sound with delta meets appalachia songwriting all laid down in front of a big big swingin beat.
I purchased this album at pokey s performance in cambridge ma.
Continental song city 0 2013.
Third man records 0 2015.
As of 2013 he tours with a 5 piece band consisting of joey glynn bass adam hoskins guitar ryan koenig harmonica washboard and snare drum tj muller cornet trombone and chloe feoranzo clarinet saxophone.
It took a couple of listens before i defined exactly what label i could give it.
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Pokey lafarge born 1983 is an american musician and songwriter focusing on the american roots genre.