Country Ghetto by J.J. Grey & Mofro (CD, Feb-2007, Alligator Records)

Here's the real deal; down home, steamy Swamp Groove. J.J. Grey and Mofro are who they are: some white boys from Jacksonville, Florida. They aren't just a bunch of pretty faces either. They can really play the heck out of their instruments. They also have "soul" without trying to steal anyone else's. This is how the music has evolved from Country Blues, to Chitlin' circuit soul, to Lynyrd Skynyrd and always giving a nod to toward old New Orleans. It just gets in your blood.

I think the lines of title track say it best "Never mind what you seen/And just forget what you heard/Another'ignorant redneck / just some Hollywood words."

Thank you boys for representing the Deep South, not some dusty museum stereotype of it.