Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band - Second Attention

Wooden Wand's (aka James Toth) collaboration with The Sky High Band is such a far cry from his work with The Vanishing Voice it's like night and day (although, according to one feature, The Sky High Band is "a mish-mash of Skygreen Leopards and Vanishing Voice). Unless you know Toth's solo work you'd never suspect he has such a traditional folkie in him. Here the main reference is the Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan lineage of agit-prop lament and dustbowl blooz. And while Toth's solo work can be tentative, the straightforward and strong arrangements here greatly benefit his slightly skewed yet standard folk tales of sin and redemption. Read More