"Hurricane Doyle embraces all that is gritty and swampy and steamy and smoky and sexy and tipsy about their homeland, and taps into all the good-timing, hard-drinking, God-fearing, tough-loving hearts of their rowdy brothers and sisters, and reminds everyone that their girls are beautiful, their summers are unbearable, their clothes are optional, their sins are redeemable, and their whiskey is bountiful."

Er zijn geen zekerheden meer, neem nu Hurricane Doyle ....Southern fried rock & roll, americana sensitivities, hard livin' themes (songs about wiskey, women, love and guns, faith and firearms, all tempered and set in the hot, sweaty, sticky, sexy South) trough the veins of the debut release for these .....Nashville floor stompers. Larry Mell Morgan / lead vocals & guitars, Mickey Mike / bas, guitar & bgv, Whit Sellers / drums & percussion, Matt Ramsey / guitar & bgv en Dave Coleman / lead guitar & bgv lappen alle vooroordelen over Nashville aan hun laars met dit schijfje. Dit vijftal loopt, net als Rootsville, bijzonderhoog op met Old 97's, Jayhawks, Whiskeytown, Uncle Tupelo, Drive By Truckers, Bottle Rockets, Shooter Jennings en Scott Miller & the Commonwealth en maken het ons op die manier erg gemakkelijk om hen  muzikaal te localiseren.  

Somewhere between alt. country and Southern rock with a respectful nod to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the country blues of the Rolling Stones. "Begging Sweetly" om support ...wij steken maar weer ons nekje uit, ditmaal voor Hurricane Doyle en met de openingstrack slagen zij meteen in hun opzet ....they got me where they want me ! Alle rock en roots registers worden opengetrokken op "Death of Me","Got no Brakes", "Jesus Help Me" en "Died Like a Rockstar" en zijn dan ook uiteraard prima geschikt voor wild eyed, al dan niet drunken country boy foot - stompers. "Got A Gun" zorgt voor het traditionele (live) hoofdknikkertje als de gitaren losjes uit de pols scheuren, "Hey Mike", "Sugar Mama" (with David Spires on pedl steel) kleuren gezellig  alt. country en de afsluiter "Whos' Next" - with additional musicians Chris Tuttle on piano & Jake Hill on keyboards is ongetwijfeld het orgelpunt van dit prima debuutalbum.  

Wij zijn dan ook uiteraard nieuwsgierig  naar de verdere muzikale plannen van Hurricane Doyle.....(SWA)