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From the state that brought you Bush 41 & 43, comes a band that just might persuade you to give Texas another chance: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears.

"Anatomy texts might not show it, but the greatest soul and blues music leaves no doubt that the hip bone is directly connected to the heart -- a fact that’s driven home in every note laid down by Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. As they prove on their Lost Highway debut, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is, the Austin-based combo has the kind of gritty attitude and deliciously greasy groove-consciousness that’d pass muster in the toughest juke joint.

To paraphrase Ike and Tina Turner, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is gives Lewis the chance to play nice and easy as well as nice and rough. He and his bandmates take the latter route more often -- as on the fiery, brass-laced opener Gunpowder and the unabashedly horndog anthem Big Booty Woman. But there’s far more than one trick up their collective sleeve, as borne out by the dark New Orleans march Master Sold My Baby.”

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