Cracker

Cracker road-tested the eight twangy covers on Countrysides, with a 2002 series of
honky-tonk shows under the name Ironic Mullet. Thankfully, the only ironic thing about
the album is its unblinking lack of irony. The band sounds relaxed and swinging on
reverent country waltz takes of boozin' and tokin' songs by Merle Haggard ("The Bottle Let
Me Down"), Ray Wylie Hubbard ("Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother"), Hank Wi... More >