Hillbilly Ragas

Our favorite six-string shaman is swinging that axe again! Sir Richard Bishop wrenches forth fresh, damnable truth and beauty from a musical kamikaze run through histories both known and unknown. Turning a gimlet eye to the American Primitive guitar style, Sir Rick applies his own bloodthirsty interpretive methods on a self-described “excursion into the dark woods,” to locate – and play along with – the Primitive’s moonshine-fed inner savage. A1. They Shall Take Up Serpents A2. Buzzard’s Curse A3. Rhythm Methodist A4. Worn Slap Out B1. Pass the Juggernaut B2. Raw Eggs and Rooster Juice B3. Head Bone in the ‘Tater Hole B4. Cuttin’ the Shine B5. War Powder