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[jazzboCR]

The Stone Foxes (eponymous debut) - Aug. 2008



1. Beneath Mt. Sinai
2. Mercury
3. Rollin' and Tumblin'
4. Sweep a Road
5. Lookin' Pretty Good
6. Take a Breath
7. Walk On Down
8. Under the Gun
9. Black Rolling Thunder
10. Spoonful
11. Tin Stars
12. Record Machine
13. Kaleidoscopic Wondersound (Bonus Track)

I’ve been pleasantly surprised by this young band. Only two albums and a single so far but they have a retro rock/blues with a bit of country vibe that helps to restore my faith in new music.

The Stone Foxes manage to simultaneously pull off a retro rock/blues sound while bringing a noticeable (if somewhat hard to define) freshness.

No shortage of cojones here either as they take on blues classics and tough company such as:

Spoonful - Cover, Howlin Wolf(1960); Cream covered it in ’66 .


Rollin’ and Tumblin’ - Muddy Waters, Cream, R.L. Burnside… – Who didn’t cover this song?


Quite impressive and ambitious for such young musicians!


Their follow up album, Bears and Bulls, is no disappointment either. Highlights: Cover of Willie Dixon’s Little Red Rooster, and the surprisingly good Mr. Hangman. (You can even hear some definite AC/DC influence on this album. Always a plus in my book.)

Most recently The Stone Foxes have released a cover of I’m A King Bee (Slim Harpo, 1957). It is, IMHO, yummy, yummy, yummy!

A band that is definitely worth watching. I hope we see a lot more of them.

If there's any surprise about this band, it's that AMG has zip-sh!t on them. They bring a fresh voice to retro/roots music and it should at least be covered--anybody got contacts over there? Some cuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6XNmHZ04y8 << from '10--they've matured and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnMPNK2Kss and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4E6_2jhSyI