Bluerunners - Honey Slides

Although hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana, the Bluerunners bring to mind the musical melting pot of New Orleans. On Honey Slides, they dish out rock, zydeco, blues, country, Cajun and jam band funk. But instead of sounding like a half-dozen different bands, they simply sound like one marvelous roots rock band ready and willing to play all night long. The disc opens with a zippy zydeco rave-up "Working Class Zydeco" before launching into the Los Lobos-like rocker "The Gravedigger." The Bluerunners have been described as a Bayou-version of Los Lobos, and one can hear the Lobos here in tunes like "Voodoo Mens and Voodoo Dolls" and "Kingsnake Crawl." However, it would be simplistic and inaccurate to view the Bluerunners as the Lobos' French-speaking cousins. Read More