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The Junkers | Hunker Down
Filled with honky-tonk, delivered with a wry sense of humour.
CD, self-released
Tekst: Steve Schmidt
Publicatiedatum: 27 maart 2002
I am just a jackass with an opinion... and here it is.
Usually, when I hear the word "junkers", my thoughts go towards the cars I drove in high school. Now, I have just as much reason to reflect on a honky-tonk band from Madison, Wisconsin.
The Junkers are steered by Ken Burns on vocals, Thomas H. Crofts III on drums, Mathew Stratton on guitars, banjo, and other stringed instruments, and Dave Junker on bass.
Other than their Wisconsin roots, what sets The Junkers apart is their ability to turn a unique phrase in songs that visit otherwise well-worn country music themes. As proof... On the first track of 'Hunker Down', Burns sings "we're adults, so let's commit adultery." Either that is the most brutally straightforward come-on line in a country song or a humorous variation - I am not quite sure which.
The very next song, 'Buckeye Mile', is a typical lament of a broken relationship - until the chorus of "I think you're sweeter than saccharine / And your boyfriend's smoking crack in Akron / Baby forget Ohio, remember me." One of the great examples of forced rhyming? Yes. Is it memorable in a land of sound-alike hat acts? You bet!
'It's Hard To Win A Woman (When You're Working For The Man)' is the disc's strongest track. Burns delivers a rapid-fire, banjo-driven tale that every working stiff can relate to: Minimum wage don't impress the senoritas!
The album closes with the 'Susan B. Anthony Dollar Rag', a live track that definitely deviates from tried and true country themes. I'm betting it's a pretty empty bus that drives the supporters of the Susan B. Anthony silver dollar. Yet, you have to love a song that equates Ms. Anthony's demise in 1979 with the Three Mile Island and Sky Lab disasters and the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.
'Hunker Down' is filled with honky-tonk, delivered with a wry sense of humour. Here's hoping these Junkers keep driving for a while.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/the-junkers/hunker-down/1421/
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