Track Listing

1. Alabama High-Test
2. Highway Halo
3. Greatest Hustler of All
4. Methamphetamine
5. Next Go 'Round
6. Humdinger
7. Motel in Memphis
8. Evening Sun
9. Mary's Kitchen
10. Crazy Eyes
11. Tennessee Pusher
12. Lift Him Up
13. Caroline

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1087 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-23
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Old Crow Medicine Show release in 2008 their third Nettwerk album called Tennessee Pusher. Produced by the legendary Don Was (Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, the Rolling Stones), the album features the first single "Caroline" along with 11 other Old Crow originals and an American standard called "Lift Him Up" by Blind Alfred Reed. Having sold over 290K albums, OCMS can attribute much of their success to their relentless touring schedule. Between headlining shows and countless festivals (Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, etc), the band lives on the road - they thrive on the communal experience of the live shows. OCMS have made a name for themselves as energetic performers with an unbridled spirit."as musicians, songwriters and singers, they are the smartest and finest purveyors of American music to come down the pike in decades." - Don Was

Customer Reviews

Best OCMS Yet
I have listened to this album about 40 times since I first got it about 2 days ago, and it is excellent. Granted, it is somewhat of a departure from the eponymous OCMS first album, but it seems to me to be a progression, through Big Iron World and into Tennessee Pusher. They have matured, and aged their sound, sanding off some rough edges but the music remains passionate and moving.

It also sounds like the new producer and better mixing has created a deeper and higher quality sound. I really like the whole effect on every song. In prior albums I sometimes felt like that guy stuck standing right next to the fiddle speaker, and on the next song, the vocals. The songs cover a good range of moods, from the frolicking Caroline (one of my favorites amongst all bands for a while) and the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle humour of Mary's Kitchen to the soulful and mournful Tennessee Pusher and Hotel in Memphis. I don't think there's a weak song on here.

I love this disc, but I am ready for a change. On play 41, I'm switching it to shuffle play.

The bar just hit the roof
I am a big Old Crow fan, but didn't indulge in their newer stuff until last week.

Let me say that I was floored by "Tennessee Pusher." I play bluegrass mandolin in a bluegrass band and love bluegrass and old-time music as much as anyone, but I am glad that these guys blossomed on this CD. It's not the typical Old Crow ram it down your throat fast, old-time medicine show. It's more Bob Dylan and Neil Young than the Skillet Lickers. There are traces of R&B in there too, with a country sound throughout.

If you like Old Crow because they are an old time band you won't like this CD as much. But, just remember that Old Crow isn't really an old time band, and most of the guys are northerners who just love that music. They grew up in the 80s and 90s listening to what was on the radio, then chose their favorite music as they matured. It shows on this CD, and it's the most natural and unforced they've ever sounded.

I love it because it's a collection of finely crafted songs that reflect themes faced by young people today. I can also actually believe what they are singing about, instead of just getting hyped by these young guys doing an old thing fast and sublimely reckless.

The Old Crow Medicine Show has matured, and the result is a masterpiece.

Different from the last but still real nice
As has been noted this album is quite different from their previous stuff. It is more produced, less ruckus, more country-western than new-timey string band. However, it is NOTHING like pop-country, which I've never liked. This is REAL music expressing real and powerful emotions, a real ballad of our time, especially for young people from the southern Appalachian region.

The songs on love express the negative side... being ripped off by the girl you desire, cheating and murder... good stuff. There is a song about the death of MLK Jr. I s'pose it sorta hinges around how his death may have been symbolic of the death of a movement. I'm pretty sure these guys are all about social change. They have another song about the destructive force of meth, which I saw myself in south-central Kentucky.

But it's not all sad, you're sure to have a humdinger with this one.