Hogjaw-Sons Of The Western Skies (2012)

Another of those devastating albums of Southern rock and 21st-century American rock is the one released by Hogjaw in 2012, a band formed in 2006 in Arizona. On this release, aptly titled "Sons of the Western Skies," this group comprised of Jon Boat Jones (vocals and guitar), Craig Self (lead guitar), Elvis DD (bass), and J. Kowalski (drums) delivers everything from pure Southern bangers like "Midnight Run to Cleator", "Dirty Woman", "Spoonfed", "Hells Half Home of Mine", and "Road of Fools", to bluesy tracks like "Mainstream Trucker" and "The Sun of All Things", and swampy cuts like "Everyone's Goin' Fishin' ". Without being entirely original, Hogjaw retain their own personality, rescuing with their music and their southern spirit, the enormous legacy left by the great bands of the golden age of American roots rock.