The Jonestown Band - The Last Days Of Jonestown (2012)

Envision a black, urban desperado wandering through the desolation of a post-apocalyptic world with a bass guitar slung across his back, belitng out kickass, soulful blues rock as he roams the badlands in search of the last remaining Honky Tonk. OK. Now this is what The Last Days of Jonestown sounds like.
The musicianship is tight, the songwriting impressive, and the vocalist (our desperado of the above imagery) will make you stand and pay attention with the power, range, and authenticity of his voice. We talkin’ real throat here. Real.

Songs like the title track showcase the band’s careless, irreverent treatment of the traditional crying-in-my-beer/my-woman’s-gone variety of the country sound, by taking to it with a stick of dynamite and reassembling the smouldering remants as they fall from the sky. Others, like Stone Cold (“You don’t need a gun babe, to kill a man/ Just make love and break love”) are reminiscent of a vintage sound that you simply do not want to end. The Jonestown Band is a band of Apostles for our Age. Go ahead and drink the Flavor-Aid.