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OCMS's scrappy, fervent playing--live, the band is a mesmerizing mess of strings and sweat--reinvents old-time for a whole new generation.
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The band’s mix of creativity and credibility, serious and strange is yet again a delight to experience.
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Their last album was dominated by well-worn oldies and sounded too safe. But here they match their bluegrass and country roots with a fine set of their own songs.
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UncutTennessee Pusher is comfortably up to standard, the demented Dylan pastiche, 'Alabama High-Test' a particular highlight. [Oct 2008, p.101]
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Not that Tennessee Pusher is a huge fall off from "Big Iron World," it's just not a great leap forward and upward, although there are plenty of striking tracks.
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OCMS' rollicking fiddle sawing, guitjo picking and harmonica huffing will appeal to jam-band fans and Prairie Home Companion listeners alike, and there's a deadpan charm to singers Secor and Kevin Hayes.
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Tennessee Pusher suggests that--for Old Crow Medicine Show--thoughtful evolution might be less vital than intelligent design and the re-creation of the band’s traditionalist roots.
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Q MagazineTennessee Pusher pushes their envelope further still. [Oct 2008, p.149]