{"product_id":"don-t-walk-the-darkness","title":"Don't Walk the Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe now Memphis-based Texas guitarist, Will Sexton teams up with New Orleans veterans, The Iguanas, for a ten-track roots-rock album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor his new album, Sexton set up with Bruce Watson at Delta-Sonic, combining his new digs in Memphis along with a crew of old favourites from New Orleans, tapping Crescent City legends the Iguanas to serve as his main backing band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the bulk of Darkness was written in the lead-up to its recording, two key tracks are unheard numbers from Sexton’s back catalog. The soulful \u003ci\u003eOnly Forever\u003c\/i\u003e was a lost gem from his days as a staff songwriter in the early-’90s. The other, \u003ci\u003eDon’t Take It From Me\u003c\/i\u003e, was co-written with late outlaw-country icon Waylon Jennings in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe balance of the album finds Sexton finding inspiration in the more interesting corners of Americana, whether it’s the ghostly gospel incantations of the opener \/ title track, the hypnotic blues shuffle of \u003ci\u003eWhat My Baby Don’t Know \u003c\/i\u003eor the R\u0026amp;B anthemics of \u003ci\u003eTemptations Call\u003c\/i\u003e. Elsewhere, Sexton’s roots show on the Tex-Mex romancer \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e, the Vox-organ-flecked \u003ci\u003eMess Around With My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and the horn-fueled meditation \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Legal Mess","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50449003086155,"sku":"1085352","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50449003512139,"sku":"1085353","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/59233f4d-8239-4954-b1cc-7b52f6d7bdaf_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727098400","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/don-t-walk-the-darkness","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}