{"title":"Jimbo Mathus","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"blue-healer","title":"Blue Healer","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Blue Healer' is the name of Mathus' 2015 record, out on Fat Possum Records. It's his eleventh effort under his own name and is once again produced by Bruce Watson at his Dial Back Sound in Water Valley Mississippi. \"It's the story of a man in a Southern landscape who is swept insanely apart by internal and external winds. He digs deeper and deeper into the very fabric of his reality, experiencing love and lust, despair, hope and sheer animal exhilaration on levels few ever do. He is tested in every way imaginable and achieves a sort of enlightenment, gains power and understanding of life's mysteries. Yet questions remain. He wonders if the struggle was worth it or even real. Maybe he just needs some love and affection? Maybe he needs to get back on the needle? Is he madman or sage? Con-man or honest council? Is this autobiographical or fictional? Only the 'Blue Healer' knows the answer to the great cosmic heebie-jeebie.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471066960203,"sku":"389506","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8814d783-5583-430b-9d03-aa0212628b0a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727390237"},{"product_id":"jimmy-the-kid-by-jimbo-mathus","title":"Jimmy the Kid by Jimbo Mathus","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Jimmy the Kid by Jimbo Mathus' was recorded at Jimbo's Delta Recording Service in Como Ms in 2006-2007. It signalled a departure from the more bluesy recordings Mr Mathus had been releasing since disbanding Squirrel Nut Zippers and doing a four year stint with blues patriarch Buddy Guy. \"I was seeking to put more honky tonk and country harmony singing in my music\", says Mathus. The recording involved a rotating cast of characters from the Memphis and North Mississippi as well as future members of Mathus's current Fat Possum Records based Tri State Coalition. The recording includes some of Mathus's best songwriting and some true honk tonk gems like 'Check Out Time', and 'Highway at Night' as well as some good old redneck rock and roll. The recording and original artwork by Mathus has been unearthed and properly released now by Big Legal Mess. God bless Mississippi and pass the antiseptic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471324483915,"sku":"382773","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b2ae7889-fa09-40ea-bdd5-1cbe19a91ee6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727398586"},{"product_id":"incinerator","title":"Incinerator","description":"\u003cp\u003eSOUTHERN MUSIC SHAMAN JIMBO MATHUS CONJURES A MAGICAL NEW ALBUM FROM 40 YEARS OF VISIONS, DREAMS AND POETRY;OUT APRIL 5 ON BIG LEGAL MESS RECORDS.  The respected songwriter, guitarist, and producer trades his six-string for piano, and elevates his songcraft for a deeply personal recording that reflects his life making classic American music.OXFORD, Miss. - Jimbo Mathus has blazed a singular path as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and shaman for 40 years, recording and releasing more than 300 songs that are a testament to his hoodoo craftsmanship and to the sounds, sights and spirits of his inspirations in the deep South. His new album, Incinerator, which debuts on April 5 via Mississippi's Big Legal Mess Records, is the epitome of that art - an incendiary reflection of his world in music.Mathus describes the 11 songs on Incinerator as \"a huge tapestry of my experiences, hard work and dedication to living a creative life. I really took stock of what I do and why I do it . why I weave stories and dreams and visions I have into songs. And I tried to squeeze every bit of meaning out of every note and every word I wrote and recorded. It's impossible to separate this album from me. This is who I am.\"Incinerator was recorded in a burst of inspiration, with all but overdubs cut in just two days in Water Valley, Mississippi's Dial Back Sound. Surprisingly, Mathus, who has produced dozens of albums, decided to hand the controls to Bronson Tew and Drive-By Truckers bassist Matt Patterson, who co-own Dial Back, and opted to play piano instead of his trademark guitar.\"I wanted to get to the soul of these songs, without distractions,\" says Mathus. \"So, I decided to play piano and record my singing live in the studio. It's instinctual for me to plug in an electric guitar and rock. But I was seeking the kind of perfection you find in Romantic poetry. I wanted to hear the lyrics surrounded by space, and then add colors after I considered what was needed.\"The results are full of warmth and heart'.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50901339930955,"sku":"2017760","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50901340094795,"sku":"2017765","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_35ae0c86_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732763800"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/jimbo-mathus.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}