Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State C...

Rank #1 Oxford, MS Rock / Americana / Country / Blues

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Members: Jimbo Mathus-lead/guitar, Matt Pierce-Telecaster, Eric Carlton-Keys, Ryan Rogers-Drums

Label: www.fatpossum.com

Bio: The late Memphis producer Jim Dickinson once called Jimbo Mathus “the singing
voice of Huck Finn.” Outside the South, Mathus is likely known as the ringleader
of the hyper-ragtime outfit Squirrel Nut Zippers. In his native Mississippi and
throughout the South, however, Mathus is the prolific song... See Full Bio

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Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State ... has a show on 05/25/2013 at 08:00 PM @ The Star Bar http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/202148352 #concert

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“Mathus isn’t shy about expressing his pride in the album [White Buffalo]. ‘As far as the recording itself, I’ve made some good recordings, but none great like this. I’ve had some great bands but none like Tri-State Coalition. I’ve written some good songs but none like these. The Mayan calendar has rolled over. This seems like a new beginning to me…’”

— Joe Meazle, Arkansas Times

"...you realize that what these crazy/talented bastards have managed to pull off is capturing the spirit of some sort of ::: JIMI! ::: HANK! ::: KEITH! ::: HOLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TRINITY – not by doing killer impressions or relying on plastic studio-created ambience … no, no, no. What Mathus and the Coalition have done is slow-boiled rock ‘n’ roll right down to its syrupy goodness, and then played it with every ounce of their collective beings – in a big ol’ room with big ol’ mics and a big ol’ vibe. Sun Studios had it. Big Pink had it. The Basement Tapes and Motel Shot had it. And White Buffalo has it..."

— Brian Robbins, Jambands.com

"Recorded with his band, The Tri-State Coalition, this record is the culmination of a career and life of highs and lows; one that has seen many musical successes, but has also seen Mathus’ marriage end and his previous band, The Squirrel Nut Zippers collapse. Fortunately, he returned to his roots in Mississippi and found not only himself but his “voice.”

— Brett Bickley, Honest Tune

"WHITE BUFFALO is primal indie rock and alt-country territory, an album of which Huck Finn himself would have been proud."

— Vintage Guitar

"For the last decade, much of Jimbo Mathus’s creative energy has gone into producing for other musicians, allowing him to 'join' hundreds of bands and help them realize their visions...(w)ith a brand new EP, and a full-length album set for fall [sic] release, Mathus has plenty on tap for the next several months. Whatever engages him next will be magnetic."

— Sloane Spencer, Country Fried Rock

“When the story is someday written of how a loose-knit band of musicians and their fans took over the Auto-Tuned, dumbed-down mainstream and brought American music back to it’s [sic] true glory, there will be several chapters devoted to Jimbo Mathus. In other words, Jimbo Mathus has been one of the most important recording artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries...(f)rom Muscle Shoals soul, to roadhouse honkytonk, to straightforward garage rock, Jimbo shows that he can really do it all.”

— Adam Sheets, Moonrunners.com

““2011 found [Mathus] dipping into the 1970s mining the Capricorn Sound. Mathus brought a fine set of songs and his band, the Tri-State Coaltion [sic] featuring members from Arkansas, Missouri, and Mississippi, gathers all the right sounds and energy to pull it off…””

— Jim Markel, Swampland.com

"...a celebration of what was and still is right with the South and Southern culture. Mathus seems to have a vast understanding and great reverence for a variety of Southern musical traditions...Mathus has such a big, fat larger-than-life personality that it can be easy to overlook the rest of the Tri-State Coalition, but don’t make that mistake. They’re one hell of a band and a perfect fit for Mathus. The boys in the band play together tighter than the bark on a tree and they all look like they mean business, which provides a contrasting backdrop for Jimbo’s light-up-the-room, gold-toothed smile."

— Joe Meazle, Arkansas Times - Rock Candy

"Mississippi guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimbo Mathus achieved his greatest commercial success as the instigator of proto-swing/ragtime ensemble the Squirrel Nut Zippers, but has found his true creative calling as a blues-based sage of the South..."

— Keith Spera, Times-Picayune

"So what is catfish music? It’s the songs of the South, an unruly blast of blues, country, honky tonk and rock ‘n’ roll with a hint of gospel, which means catfish music will raise Hades on Saturday night and quietly bow its head Sunday morning...(b)ut more than what the music sounds like is what the music is. It’s of the dark alluvial soils of the Mississippi Delta, and the hellfire of a hill country tent revival. It’s a floorboard shaking juke joint on a raucous weekend night, and a late-night country drive beneath the towering oaks and kudzu. This is music of the land, and about it’s people."

— Shea Stewart, Sync Weekly

"Each person defines soul differently, but however you define it, this fine recording [Confederate Buddha] has it with lots to spare."

— David Kunian, OffBeat Magazine

"'I try to combine the blues, the gospel, the honky-tonk, the singer-songwriter and all these different things we have in Mississippi. I try to tie them all together and make a new Mississippi music.'"--Jas. Mathus

— Steve Centanni, Lagniappe

"Whoever tomorrow's version of Harry Smith is going to be, you can bet he will consider this album [Confederate Buddha] a goldmine."

— Adam Sheets, No Depression

"Mathus' search for backyard preachers and holy teachers has led him into the farthest corners of the Magnolia State, places full of surprise and wonder. The sounds those wanderings have helped conjure up are lifetime keepers, and allow our Confederate Buddha to shine like a full moon over cotton fields and catfish ponds alike, smiling with a gold-toothed grin through it all."

— Bill Bentley, The Morton Report | Bentley's Bandstand

"...[Mathus' style] breathes the earthy sounds of the deep South with a lazy, lackadaisical groove that can’t be replicated by outsiders."

— Hal Horowitz, Creative Loafing Atlanta

"Jimbo Mathus has found his voice at last. Or to be more accurate, his voices. Instead of trying to adhere to a specific sound like he has in the past first with the Squirrel Nut Zippers and later with the South Memphis String band, on 'Confederate Buddha' Mathus has finally turned himself loose and let his influences seep out through his pores."

— Grant Britt, Creative Loafing Charlotte

"'Confederate Buddha' stands a monumental work and a testament to Jimbo Mathus as performer, singer, songwriter, band leader, stylist, and musical visionary."

— Jim Markel, Swampland.com

"He [Jimbo Mathus] tells his stories like the common man of Mississippi would, with grit, purity, truth, and the beauty of colloquial language."

— Triggerman, SavingCountryMusic.com

"Mathus’ latest release, Confederate Buddha, has him backed by a full band, the Tri-State Coalition. Musically, the ensemble delivers a record full of rich texture, building on tradition and pulling together pure country blues, soul, and southern rock...(i)t’s thinking man’s blues if ever there was such a thing...(e)very one of Mathus’ albums is different, but Confederate Buddha shows an amazing depth. I can’t help thinking that Jimbo has given us a gospel album of sorts."

— Eric Wrisley, Blues Revue

“The late Graham [sic] Parson’s dream was to make 'cosmic American music'. Jimbo Mathus’ reality is 'interplanetary honky-tonk.' And the proof is Confederate Buddha. God rest Parson’s soul. Long live Jimbo Mathus.”

— Brian Robbins, Jambands.com

"At this point in history, it should be unnecessary to reference the Squirrel Nut Zippers in contextualizing Jimbo Mathus' music. Yes, he founded that band, and he's never tasted commercial success on the order of the 1996 crossover hit 'Hell.' But his post-Zippers career has been prolific and potent, more blues sting than ersatz swing. As a producer and guitarist he's worked with Andrew Bird, Buddy Guy and the daughter of Charley Patton. Last year he jammed with fellow Mississippi hellhounds Luther Dickinson and Alvin Youngblood Hart in the South Memphis String Band and then wrote and directed a musical called Mosquitoville: Mississippi Songs and Stories. Along with Jack White and Tom Waits, Mathus is simply one of the blues' greatest living evangelists and innovators."

— Roy Kasten, Riverfront Times - St. Louis, MO

“The songs [on White Buffalo] are his best yet. They simmer in an Americana that, like Mathus, is rowdy, unkempt, rough around the edges but true to its earthy heritage.”

— Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter

“This latest addition [White Buffalo] to the vast Jimbo Mathus musical library may be his finest. While his lyrical output continues to amaze, his band the Tri State Coalition is what takes this record to the next level. [Matt] Pierce’s guitar playing is rivaled by few; Eric Carlton provides the soul on keyboards and the occasional accordion, while the rhythms of Ryan Rogers (drums) and Terrance Bishop (bass) are the backbone.”

— Chris Martin, Atlanta Music Examiner

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Hey Jimbo, we had a blast last time you came up to Virginia to rock for us! Nobody does it like you man. If you ever need an opening act within 100 mile radius of DC, we...
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You guys got a great spund. I've seen you twice and both times you were funky as hell.
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Hey Hambone, you gonna make it up near VA anytime soon? We miss you up here.
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Jimbo, Long time fan. We've met a few times in DC, NC, and at the Hill Country Blues Picnic. Your music always makes me smile. Keep it up you bad ass motherfucker!...