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On vinyl for the first time, the first volume in a series of three.

Reissued in time to celebrate 25 years of Fat Possum, showcasing their fine blues roots.

The last three years have been from hell. Every morning I had to force myself to get dressed and go to work. It wouldve been easier to have gone to Napa Auto Supply, buy a can of neon blue spray paint and paint my ass blue like those freaky baboons you see in National Geographic. I could have been the alpha male up there on the courthouse steps, flashing my savage canine teeth at the women walking by. I restrained myself and somehow managed to move Fat Possum out of Capricorn and team up with Epitaph and Bretts red Camaro.

Fat Possum, founded in 1992, began making records the way they are supposed to be made: Junior Kimbroughs All Night Long and R.L. Burnsides Too Bad Jim. After a good start with Capricorn we witnessed bizarre events over the next three years and these experiences altered us everyones voice is louder, and nobody looks as good as they did. The thing that matters, making records we like, hasnt changed.

We have two new albums that arent in our usual vein, one by 20 Miles, the other by Hasil Adkins. So far both groups fit well; they share the same lusts and worship the same gods as the Burnsides and Kimbroughs. We still release top-of-the-shelf blues albums such as T-Models Pee Wee Get My Gun, Juniors Most Things Havent Worked Out and R.L.s Mr Wizard. We have three blues albums slated for 98; It Takes One To Know One by a new artist, Elmo Williams, one by Hasil Adkins called What The Hell Was I Thinking, and Robert Cages Robert Can See What Youre Doin.

My Momma says its okay to generalise a little. First, Fat Possum is not like any other blues label. Second, there are only two kinds of blues records that are made today: Fat Possum records, which dont suck, and all the others. Matthew Johnson