D Boone Pittman – Resurrection Noise
D Boone Pittman has a recently released album Resurrection Noise, which was mixed by Lexington’s Duane Lundy (Sturgill Simpson, Ringo Starr, Justin Wells), engineered by J. Tom Hnatow; recorded at Small Blue Studio in Lexington Kentucky; and mastered by Justin Perkins (Mystery Room Mastering).
With foreboding, and stirring some darkness, “East of Ravenna” builds up as the album opener, with Boone’s low toned vocals, and a lyric line from this song is the album’s title. This is instropective Southern rock with heavy fiddle and rhythms: “times are hard East of Ravenna and it’s hard to know where to begin.” “Nolan’s Cave” is a heavy electric song full of caution about that guy with the evil eyes who lives down near Nolan’s Cave, and nimble electric guitar solos, and a warning:”if you go down in Johnson’s Holler, stay away from Nolan’s Cave.” Cue some serious shudders!
“Love and Floods (and Other Natural Disasters)” is “no one say that I didn’t try… I guess it’s just time for us to say good-bye… but I wonder if you know, while we’re sorting through our stuff, there are homes back in the east who lost it all back in the flood.” It’s a lot to consider and there’s definitely something heavy to this analogy. The stuff of a lifetime that gets lost, the stuff of a relationship that gets discarded and divided – both natural disasters.
“The Wildwood Flower” is a walking blues number about watching your dad, and sometimes mama too, playing guitar and singing in Johnny Cash and the Carter family-influenced styles: “I could sit and watch him play for hours….when Daddy, he would pick the Wildwood Flower.” Nice guitar playing here. “Reason to Believe” is a Springsteen cover song with power twang in abundance.
This album is Kentucky-inspired Southern rock, alt-country songs in the style of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Robert Earl Keen. It’s all hard hitting with powerful rhythms that rock n roll with alt-country flare and country twang. D Boone Pittman proves it’s possible to be reflective and heavy handed about it at the same time. All songs were written by Darrell Pittman except “Reason to Believe” (Bruce Springsteen).
Musicians on the album are D Boone Pittman on vocals, harmonica, mandolin and guitar; Maggie Lander on fiddle; Daniel Bishop on mandolin; Fernando De Los Santos on drone, piano and organ; J Tom Hnatow on guitar, dobro, banjo, pedal steel, organ and bass; Christopher Robbins on drums; Vance Taylor on percussion; Assaf Gleizner on piano; and Seth Murphy on cello.
Find more details and information here on his website: https://www.dboonepittman.com
