New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Vol.1 (CD)

(Stony Plain) 10 tracks, digisleeve

The New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers were formed in January 2008 when the musician brothers Luther & Cody Dickinson joined blues greats Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart and the late Memphis pianist for a guitar jam with former Squirrel Nut Zippers leader Jimbo Mathus.

Producer and music stylist Jim Dickinson gathered for a self-described hardcore blues recording under the group name New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers. For over 12 years, the existence of this recording was only darkly mentioned in interviews and was described by these few witnesses as a great old school recording. It was made over a few late nights in a take off from the floor, where they all sat in a large circle in the studio and played quietly between the microphones, alternating between singing in the room and improvising on location.

Despite the fact that Jim Dickinson had finished production before his death in the summer of 2009, this album was just hanging in the archives, waiting. It is proof of the great experience and talent of these esteemed artists that they were able to casually conjure a recording of this quality out of the ether. It sounds as if you are right there in the room with banter and comments between the songs. The classic structures of the blues are pulled together and pulled apart by some of the most distinguished members of the blues elite.

This album crosses generations of new blues rockers and classic blues statesmen. The first 10 tracks will finally be available on Stony Plain Records. The next 11 songs will be released on Volume 2 in spring 2021.