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The Wilders, "Throw Down"
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3rd Coast, The Wilders, "Throw Down" >>
Add to my list of knockdown fiddle players the name of Betsie Ellis. The Wilders, Ike Sheldon lead vocals/guitar, Phil Wade banjo/dobro/manolin/vocals and Nate Gawron string bass/vocals, out of Kansas, MO, are an engaging hillbilly/honkytonk string band that can really deal with material like Hank's Won't You Sometime' sThink Of Me and Blues Comes Around, Johnny Cash's Belhazzar, Jerry Irby's Drivn' Nails In My Coffin and, a standout recorded live, Carter Stanley's How Moutain Girls Can love, but Ellis is their secret weapon, seperating them from the pack. That, as producer Dirk Powell said to himself when he first heard the group, is some fiddlin'. With bags of energy and several excellent origianals on the top of the splendid covers, The Wilders really deliver. There have been times, many, many times, when I've thought, "Well, that's forty minutes of my life I'll never see again,' but records like this make all the slogging worthwile. Marvellous.
By: JC 05/10/07
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