Autoharpoon

Artist	The Salty Dogs
Format	CD
Genre	Country
Label Name	Big Bender
Release Date	2007 05 15
Song List	1: Pianola (0:52) 2: Starting Now (3:08) 3: The People Cried (4:56) 4: Why You Been Gone So Long? (4:49) 5: When My Blood Runs Cold (3:23) 6: Step Right Up (3:20) 7: Water to Wine (5:15) 8: Take Time to Know Her (5:57) 9: Another Sad Country Song (2:44) 10: Holding to My Lord (2:44) 11: Heaven's Gates/Hell's Flames, Pt. 1 (2:03) 12: Heaven's Gates/Hell's Flames, Pt. 2 (3:24)
Style.Categories	Americana, Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk

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From the band name and punny album title, one would be forgiven for expecting the Salty Dogs' Autoharpoon to be, say, maritime folk-punk songs from Newfoundland about the drunken adventures of whalers or something like that. In fact, the Salty Dogs are an Arkansas quartet proffering pure old-fashioned honky tonk country in the great tradition of early Ray Price and the Bakersfield posse. Singer/songwriter Brad Williams knows his two-steps and shuffles, and he and the band, especially lap steel specialist Nick Devlin, alternate between cry-in-your-beer ballads like the downright Victorian "The People Cried" and more uptempo twangers like "Starting Now," featuring a guest shot from Elvis Presley's drummer D.J. Fontana. Other highlights include a crisp, unfussy extended workout on the country blues classic "Take Time to Know Her" and the unexpected art move of the two-part closer, "Heaven's Gates/Hell's Flames." Autoharpoon is unpretentious, joyous, and as pure as mountain dew. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide