Forgiveness has obviously occurred.
Never mind the smelly catfish hidden in a tour vehicle and never mind a dose of stink bait in the face, the band Reckless Kelly willingly took part in a 2020 tribute show to honor Cody Canada and the music of Cross Canadian Ragweed.
A long-ago prank war between Cross Canadian Ragweed and Reckless Kelly was entertaining stuff. So, too, was the music of Cross Canadian Ragweed, a born-in-Oklahoma band that played its way to prominence amid the Red Dirt movement.
Letâs talk about the music first.
The body of work crafted by Canada and Cross Canadian Ragweed was judged to be so significant that MusicFest â an annual festival that brings Texas and Americana music to the ski resort of Steamboat, Colorado â decided the band deserved a proper salute. Tribute shows are synonymous with MusicFest. In January 2020, festival favorites like Randy Rogers, Wade Bowen, Stoney LaRue, Reckless Kelly and Casey Donahew teamed up to provide the salute.
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Joe King Carrasco y Colectivo Chihuahua, “Mariachi Blues” (Anaconda). The latest from the onetime nuevo-wavo MTV star is his first album since 2015’s “Chiliando,” and it’s an intriguing change of pace. There’s less Tex-Mex synthesis here, and more straight-ahead bluesy, guitar-based rock & roll. Recorded at studios in France, Mexico and Central Texas, “Mariachi Blues” features Carrasco on guitar, bass and keyboards, with engineer Luis Murillo on drums and percussion throughout. Carrasco co-produced with Murillo and Rick Del Castillo, who handled bass and keyboards on a couple of tracks. Highlights include the deep blues groover “Dallas (Seen the Last of Me)”; the rhythmic reggae accents of “John Dillinger”; the sociopolitical overtones of the pre-release single “King King”; the 1970s-Latin-rock ton