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Dirty South Blues

by Robert Connely Farr

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©ough©ool Goddamn, Robert, you are the man!
Some damn fine southern blues, unlike any I have experienced. The replay value on this son of a bitch is outstanding. I believe I'm on my 10th spin after what a week? Dark lullabies to calm the disturbed & disturb the comforted

I have to say, I have never heard a version of Killing Floor Blues quite like Robert's. Only one of the many reasons I keep coming back to this 💎 Favorite track: Lady Heroin.
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Thunderlips I've got a real appreciation for the blues done well and could've picked 2 or 3 different favorite tracks. Favorite track: Cypress Tree Blues.
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🇩🇰 In New Music We Trust 🇩🇰 ...

This Is Fab-Fuckin-tastic 😍
Nashville Sound All the Way

I Love It and That's It 😍 🙂👍

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... Favorite track: Dirty South Blues.
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1.
take me down to the cypress swamp sit me down at the bottom of the stump and let me dream my dreams take me down to the cypress swamp sit me down at the bottom of the stump and let me dream my dreams lord... my whole world got so angry lonely and blue all i see in me are memories of you now i look back on who i was way back then i was doing pretty good, now i'm doing all i can lord... take me down to the cypress swamp sit this ol' boy at the bottom of the stump and let me dream my dreams lord take me down to the cypress swamp sit me down at the bottom of the stump and let me dream my dreams lord...
2.
take me back home to the Dirty South... Lord where the devil makes his whiskey & the crosses burn... Lord where if you ain't right then you wrong and you better watch your back boy. take me back home to the Land of Cotton old times there are not forgotten and you better keep your back up against the wall 'cause them boys don't mess around at all and if you ain't right then you wrong and you better watch your back boy. hard times everywhere everywhere I go boy people running 'round from door to door... Lord if I ever get up off this old killin' floor I swear I ain't gone get this low no more and if you ain't right then you wrong and you better watch your back boy.
3.
I'm sitting on the porch of the Blue Front Cafe tryin' to drink a broken heart away the devil got holt a me... now the preacher man he come to take me down to the church tried to lay his hands on me I put him in the dirt I tried but the devil got holt a me ain't no one can save me now when Jesus comes to take me to the Promised Land I got to try to try to make him understand yeah the Devil got holt of me ain't no one can save me
4.
now these hard times are here wherever you go people searching from door to door cant find no heaven don't care where they go times is harder than ever before now you say you got money well you better be sure hard times will drive you from door to door if I ever get up of this old Hard Killin' Floor I swear I'll never get down no more
5.
Magnolia 04:07
HEADING DOWN HIGHWAY 49 DOWN NEAR HINDS COUNTY LINE I SEE A REBEL FLAG FLYING HIGH I HANG MY HEAD AND SIGH MAGNOLIA MAGNOLIA SHE DON’T BURN THE CROSS NO MORE NOT LIKE SHE DONE AFTER THE WAR WE DON’T RUN AND WE DON’T HIDE FULL OF HATE AND REBEL PRIDE MAGNOLIA PRETTIEST FLOWER IN THE DIRTY SOUTH MAGNOLIA SHES THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT DEVIL IN A DRESS WITH A PRETTY MOUTH SHELL CHEW YOU UP AND SPIT YOU OUT IF YOU SEE HER STAY CLEAR BOY I’M TELLING YOU NOW MAGNOLIA YEAH I GOT IT ITS IN MY BLOOD MUDDY WATER TURNED TO DUST DON’T TELL ME I AIN’T RIGHT I SEE YA ON THE DARKEST NIGHT FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
6.
Lady Heroin 03:39
it's early in the morning I'm makin' my rounds that Lady lighting up the dark side of town aint nowhere you can go she aint been every nook and cranny covered in sin the look in the eyes of the people she with the thinkgs they tell you when they're trying to get the pplaces we go when we're going down that lady lights up the dark side of town this city's got the heroin blues this city's got the heroin blues looooooord don't you tell me don't you tell me na don't you tell me we ain't going down don't you tell me don't you tell me na don't you tell me we ain't going down this city's got the heroin blues looooooord this city's got the heroin blues looooooord
7.
if ya don't want me why don't ya tell me so if ya don't want me why don't ya tell me so then I won't be knockin' around your back door told me you loved me... aww baby that's Just Jive told me you loved me... aww girl that's Just Jive c'mon woman c'mon and feed me more lies pick up the telephone cal my baby back home pick up the telephone call my baby back go on woman go on and feed me yo' Jive
8.
Lord I saw my woman last night Lord I saw my woman last night she was with another man she ain't treating me right sit my down under that ol' Cypress Tree rest my bones... this life is bothering me if you see my woman tell her don't wait up for me oh my Lord I'm coming home oh my Lord I'm coming home na the whiskey na the whiskey ain't workin' no more
9.
Yes Ma'am 03:40
well she don't know and i dont tell her i don't worry her no more she gonna do just what she doing she gonna do it for sure and she gonna tell me what shes thinking even if i don't give a damn yeah i better do right by her yes ma'am now i ain't saying that i ain't doing but i'm trying to do her right and if i come home all fucked up you can be it's gonna be a fight 'cuz she gone tell me what she's thinking even if its 4 AM yeah i better do right by her yes ma'am yeah a southern man don't take no shit from noone i fel a tuggin on down below in a way that really hurts yeah this feeling they call love cometimes it feels more like a punch but i'll take a punch and i'll have some fun and i'f do it all again yeah i better do right by her yes ma'am and a southern man don't take no shit from noone even if shes holding a cast iron frying pan
10.
hey Mr. Devil won't you send my baby back this way she ain't never been gone this long I fear she gone to stay but if you see her won't you be a friend and tell her that I changed my ways... went down to the churchhouse and I went up front to pray and I got down on my knees but I didn't have no words to say Lord if you see her won't you be a friend and tell her tell her I changed my ways...

about

Produced by: Leeroy Stagger
Backing Band: the Rebeltone Boys

#DAVIDVAZQUEZ
" 'Dirty South Blues' is pure caviar"

#AMERICANBLUESSCENE
“ 'Dirty South Blues' is an album you simply must hear. Mentored by the last of the Bentonia, Mississippi bluesmen Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Farr & co. have produced a masterpiece... as a lyricist, Farr has a John Prine approach… as a singer... Gregg Allman… this is blues that originated in Mississippi.”

#AMERICANAHIGHWAYS
“…may have been recorded north of the borderline, but its roots hold strong in the swamplands…”

#AIPATE
“You surely don’t have to be an ardent blues fan to dig Dirty South Blues. Not only does it carry a smooth vibe & beautiful tunes, it’s also quite a lyrically engaging project.”

#BLUESBLAST
“Building on what he learned from (Jimmy) “Duck” Holmes, Robert Connely Farr amps up the Bentonia style, retaining the music’s haunting qualities… It may be a return to the roots, and certainly reaches down into the darker aspects of the human condition.”

BLUES HIGHWAY US 61
“…a remarkable collection of deep rooted Blues, that is surely going to be a classic…”

#BLUESINTHESOUTH #BITS
“the sound is sparse and eerie, with Bentonia’s minor keyed style well in in evidence… (Farr is) unafraid to speak his mind… Definitely recommended.”

#BLUESMAGAZINE
with comparisones to Lou Reed, Gregg Allman & The Rolling Sotnes, Blues Magazine said “impressive album, which will be appreciated by lovers of Southern rock & Americana as well as blues rock.”

#BLUESMATTERS #105
“marvellous little gem of an album… well worth looking into”

#BLUESNEWS
“killer stuff from a guy born & raised in Bolton, Mississippi…” (5 out of 6 stars)

BROTHER DEGE (rip brother)
“Found this in the van today. Shit sounds good. Good ambience, arrangements & balance.”

B-SIDES & BADLANDS
“Robert Connely Farr, backed by an esteemed group of players known as the Rebeltone Boys, engages the senses & relinquishes a rootsy, front-porch-picked romper called “Ode to the Lonesome,” igniting his latest record, Dirty South Blues, with sheer ferocity.”

#CASHBOXMAGAZINE
“…a significant piece of work…”

#CHILLFILTR
“It has always been the humanity on display, that is what the blues is - wearing your heart on your sleeve. And these boys can hold their own with the best of them.”

#EARTOTHEGROUNDMUSIC
“wreck your soul” blues

#ELMOREMAGAZINE
With comparisons to Springsteen’s “Nebraska”, Elmore gives “Dirty South Blues” an 89 rating, describing the album as “completely authentic... sinks it's claws in deep...gruffly confronts racism in the South head on with Farr’s refreshing candor & tough determination... If the Drive-By Truckers ever pulled off the road for good, Farr could get behind the wheel of that rig.”

#FATEAMAGAZINE #FATEA
“(Dirty South Blues) …conjures up The Band at their finest… Strong songs, fine voice & great ensemble playing, all beautifully recorded. 'Dirty South Blues' is a very good album indeed.”

#GEORGIASTRAIGHT
(ALBUM OF THE WEEK) “…sound(s) like the work of someone raised in the muddy fields of America’s Deep South. We’re talking a triumphant mix of swamp-sick guitars, swirling Muscle Shoals organ, and world-weary vocals—all anchored by gutbucket bass and drums. …this is blues at it’s realest & rawest.”

#GOBSMAG
“…blues like they did back in the days - & a bit like Dan Auerbach has put his mark on it…”

IL BLUES MAG (ITALY)
“For those who love the real blues, this album is like sippin’ the best outlaw Moonshine!”

KICK ASS INDIE JAMS
“Grab yourself a fine cigar, some whiskey, pull up a chair and let this brother take you deep inside the gritty Mississippi blues!”

#LEEROYSTAGGER
“…Connely is a true treasure of an artist… lightning in a bottle…”

#LIVEMINT
“…excellent tracks: sweaty raw blues just the way they were meant to be sung. Listening to his songs feels like you’re sitting on a porch in rural Mississippi as the band plays an impromptu gig.”

#PENGUINEGGS
“Dirty South Blues bleeds like the fingers of a farmhand, drenched in seat & baked by the sun”

#POSTTOWIRE
“…highly accomplished release… spirited & tough, built on great songwriting & a voice that’s built to sing the blues… think The Band, Drive-By Truckers & Lucero.”

#PURESOUNDRADIO
(ALBUM OF THE WEEK) “…The album (Dirty South Blues) characterizes the blues, while giving… a Southern touch. …exciting because it rarely occurs in such consistent form.”

#ROOTSHIGHWAY
“…when in the wake of a tradition that perhaps the Americans have learned more from the British, (Farr) returns home & does not miss the passage of witness, approaching with great respect to the lesson of Jimmy "Duck" Holmes…”

#ROOTSTIME
“…the gems continue to follow each other… It is Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, born in 1947, to honor that he took care of Connely & mentored him in this exceptional blues style where it is as if you see the ghosts of the Mississippi Sheiks, Charley Patton and Skip James.”

#SANTAROSARECORDS
“As Farr attempts to reconcile some of the more controversial elements of his beloved homeland, he must first face his own demon…”

#SOULBAG (FRANCE)
“When you listen to “Dirty South Blues", you think of those ballads that put you in the skin of a man covered in the blood of his loved one. Uncomfortable posture, which forces us to realize our intimate complicity with the narrator. Farr talks about racial and economic violence, but the approach is close. He tells a South falsely asleep and detached from his story, ready to bite to death. "You better watch your back, boy.” These threats float in the air, a pollution that sticks to the hair, from which neither the singer nor the listener can easily detach themselves. By assuming this unease, Farr gives himself the means to be freer than many other followers of the bluesmen of the South. We find the hypnotic sound of Bentonia, of which Farr is a continuator through Jimmy "Duck" Holmes. The nappes of guitar and organ come to weave progressively oppressive knots, echoes of the difficulty to come out of the southern stagnation. An original sound and linked to the tradition of which he claims: to dive in the stagnant waters to finally breathe freely.” Benoit Gautier

SOUNDS OF SOUTH
“…a conceptually independent work…”

TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY
“…a most impressive album…”

TRACK RECORD #39
“good fucking music, good drinking music… bad day-hate the world music, the kind of music you want to pour a drink, light a cigar & sit on your porch & yell at kids to get off your lawn…”

VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL
“Robert Connely Farr brings the gritty, southern Mississippi blues to new levels with his latest cd, Dirty South Blues” - Debbie Salmonsen

ZICAZIC
"A wild and authentic album in which one glimpses some old ghosts of what the blues of the Delta knew better! Real "Dirty South Blues" as we like it ..."

credits

released September 14, 2019

This album is dedicated to Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
A very special thank you to Michael Schulze

Produced by Leeroy Stagger

Engineered by Michael Ayotte

Recorded at The Rebeltone Ranch in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Mastered by Jon Wood (Flophouse JR) in Vancouver, BC

The Rebeltone Boys are:
Evan Ushenko - Lead Guitar
Tyson Maiko - Bass
Kyle Harmon - Drums
Michael Ayotte - Keys

released October 2018

All songs written by Robert Connely Farr except :
Just Jive - written by Jimmy "Duck" Holmes & Robert Connely Farr
Blue Front Cafe - written by Robert Connely Farr & Leeroy Stagger
Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - written by Nehemiah “Skip” James

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Robert Connely Farr Vancouver, British Columbia

“Thunderous back alley blues”
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“menacing, guttural”
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Robert Connely Farr is from Bolton, Mississippi, home of Charley Patton, Sam Chatmon & the Mississippi Sheiks. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC. A friend & protege of Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, his music is rooted in the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues - a style originated not far from his home in rural Mississippi.
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