Pokey Lafarge Riverboat Soul Vinyl

Riverboat soul is an offering from pokey lafarge and the south city three that defies the wisdom of the manufactured acts.

Pokey lafarge riverboat soul vinyl. Continental song city 0 2013. Number 1 was jack white at the newport folk festival in newport rhode island. Number 3 was pokey lafarge the same day as number 1. Free dirt records 0 2011.

Third man records 0 2015. 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. 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. It took a couple of listens before i defined exactly what label i could give it.

But maybe this picture will help verify. It was the first time i heard him. This was number 2. Pokey lafarge the south city three riverboat soul from st.

This is determindly acoustic and backwards looking more jimmie rodgers than hank williams in the tempo if not the song writing. Find pokey lafarge discography albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2009 cd release of riverboat soul on discogs. 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 was one of the best live music performances i ve been to. These guys are skilled versatile musicians and pokey is a charismatic entertainer. In 2017 pokey lafarge played hank snow in the cmt series sun records. Pokey lafarge born 1983 is an american musician and songwriter focusing on the american roots genre.

I purchased this album at pokey s performance in cambridge ma.