Show Notes
The MOJO Record Club takes a road trip into the Dirty South with the Drive-By Truckers’ Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood. From Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Athens, Georgia, in the company of The Glands, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren and more. Plus onwards to Northern Ghana and mid-Wales to review the best new albums!
Tracklisting:
1. Where The Devil Don’t Stay, by The Drive-By Truckers, written by Mike Cooley and released by New West Records 2. I Can See My House From Here, by The Glands, from the self titled album, released on Capricon Records 3. Johnny Gore and the “C” Eaters, by Daryl Hall & John Oates, from the album, War Babies, released on Capricorn Records 4. This is Bolga!, by Alogte Oho And His Sounds Of Joy, from the album O Yinne! released on the Philophon label 5. Bright Edge Deep by Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay, from the album Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay on Topic Records
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