Zalig om Shannon McNally te horen zoals ze op haar best klinkt: rauwe, van blues doorspekte americana, teruggebracht tot de essentie. Met haar uniek timbre plaagt ze lekker boven kurkdroge drums, gitaar en bas. Heerlijk groovy en best vintage klinkend. Zalig toch hoe deze outlaw nog steeds geheel haar eigen ding kan doen, wars van alle trends. Spijtig genoeg komt er momenteel geen album met eigen materiaal aan, maar de samenwerking met Jay Farrar (3 originals en 9 covers) lijkt ook best interessant. Het gaat hier om een limited edition vinyl release van songs die beide reeds in 2008 hebben opgenomen.
Ow, er komt trouwens nog een nieuwe single van haar uit op 17 maart. Stay Tuned.
Don't Ya Take It Too Bad verschijnt op 25 april 2025 in eigen beheer.
Lees "I got the idea for this song when I was living in the briar patch that is Marshall County, Mississippi. A few of us were at Kenny Brown’s house one night drinking whiskey and playing guitars. Kenny got to talking about a small sting operation that the local sheriff’s department had going, to drum up a little revenue involving a mechanical decoy deer on the side of the road.
Not being a hunter myself, I was puzzled by this law enforcement scheme. I knew that a duck decoy was meant to attract other ducks. Was a deer decoy meant to attract other deer? I took the bait. “Why”, I asked, “did they set up a mechanical deer on the side of the road?” “It’s a trap”, said Kenny. “Well a trap for what?”, said I. “People who like to shoot deer, they see the deer on the side of the road, pull over and shoot at it, but they’re not supposed to shoot at deer that close to the road, so then the cops come outta the woods and bust them”. My first thought was well that’s not a trap not set for me. It did however make me wonder what a trap for me would look like, and more importantly: would I know one if I saw it before it got me?
If I had my druthers and was to make a video for this song I’d want it to resemble a Jim Jarmusch movie like Down By Law or Stranger Than Paradise. Maybe he could tell me what a trap for me would look like.
Thank you to Joshua Grange for producing this beauty."
