Description
"It's the sort of album you'd hear at a roadhouse in the middle of nowhere, with punky country tunes that cater to the rough-and-tumble biker crowd and creepy, haunting ballads aimed at the people who've been drowning sorrows at the bar." - Andrew Leahey, American Songwriter.
Wild Moon, the third album by J.D. Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers and their first since 2011, was produced by punk legend, Cheetah Chrome. Wild Moon finds The Dirt Daubers - previously an old-timey, acoustic group – plugged in and wailing away on raw, blissfully distorted rock 'n roll and blues.
The Dirt Daubers were formed by Legendary Shack Shakers front man, artist, director and country punk pioneer, J.D. Wilkes, in 2009 with his wife, Jessica. Wilkes' "gothic preacher" persona and frantic blues harmonica whips Wild Moon into a frenzy, trading lead vocal duties with his feminine foil, Jessica Wilkes.
J.D. and Jessica are joined by electric guitarist, Rod Hamdallah, and drummer, Preston Corn. Smoky baritone sax grooves are provided by Tom Waits' sideman, Ralph Carney, with piano played by Wilkes himself - delving deeper into the bluesy recesses of American music. Says J.D., "The band might have come "down from the mountain" (only to land square in the Mississippi Delta!) but the heart and soul of the Dirt Daubers remain intact."