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| Mescalito | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ryan Bingham
Label: Lost Highway
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $8.86
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 2086
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 000939602
UPC: 602517396746
EAN: 0602517396746
ASIN: B000VDDCHE
Release Date: October 2, 2007
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Love it! March 6, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Cruising around "cdnow" one night and I came across this, decided to give it a listen.It has turned out to be one of those gems that you just feel excited about having.This man is a true talent, from his songwriting to his playing,simply remarkable.Just as the cover of the cd shows, this is excellent road music, pop it in and go for a ride!
Fabulous damn album July 11, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bought 4 CDs at once - this one, new Jakob Dylan (a fine album itself), Ryan Adams, Elvis Costello - and this is the one that stays in the CD player nearly full time.
The early Steve Earle comparisons are fair, and I'd throw Chris Whitley's Living with the Law in there too (maybe even Lowell George era Little Feat), but Bingham's decidedly got his own sound, a raw authentic blues-inflected alt country rock that can piledrive on one song and lope on the next. The band's musicianship, particularly on the occasional banjo and slide parts, is exceptional.
The sheer number of great songs on this record tell you that this is a guy who's got a lot more in him. Everyone loves "Southside of Heaven," "Bread and Water" is great (first time my girlfriend heard it, she started dancing - isn't any way you can listen to that song and *not* move), but right now I can't get enough of "The Other Side." I'm just sad when it stops after only two minutes.
I haven't seen him live yet; I can tell you I haven't been this excited to see someone in person since I first heard Springsteen on the radio.
Buy this CD or the MP3 version so he becomes a big star and we can all hear a lot more of him, OK?
Supercharge Your Kia!!! May 15, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the song that has brought The Dipper out of retirement (more along the lines of an extended ((distended?)) period of laziness)! The Dipper has got Texas Fever and Ryan Bingham has turned it into FUEGO!!! Mescalito is the Krakatoa of current Texas Music!!! In a previous review, I yowled about The Cult's 2001 song "Take The Power" and how it made me and my Kia spin a 360 degree doughnut at 90mph on the New York State Thruway. Well, Ryan Bingham's song "Bread & Water" is the sole reason why that very Kia is now in the junkyard (where it came from)! Yes, the speeding Dipper rolled the Kia by the end of "Bread & Water"! Dippnik the Tubby Satellite tried to dead-stick the hurtling Kia into southbound Exit 18 on the Thruway recently and made it almost half the way round the cloverleaf before another Black Crowes inspired guitar lick caused all loss of Kia (and bladder) control. Off the edge we went into the inky blackness of a New Paltz cornfield night! The Kia squealed, I squealed, Ryan Bingham crooned, Houston we have a really big problem!!! We tumbled and rolled through half an acre of corn before I came to an upside down stop hanging by my seat belt (ALWAYS wear your seat belt when cruising with The Dipper). The best part, the CD kept playing so, I kept hitting replay until I got Mudpants and his flatbed to finally find me in the weeds. He brought beer and we listened to Ryan until the junkyard opened at 8AM. So, your pal, The Flipping Dipper is off to get a replacement Kia (again) this weekend. But Mescalito is coming with me!!! And, by the way, "Southside of Heaven" will absolutely put you into a happy trance along with "Sunshine", ahhh, hells bells, this album is basically perfect. Buy it now and tell the speed cop that The Dipper warned you!!!
Ryan Bingham CD ! April 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Isn't It Sad How The Best In Country Music Isn't Heard On The Mainstream Radio ? All You Here Is Weak Nashville Pop Music ! This Guy Is Great And Puts All Them Nashville So Called Country Singers To Shame ! Buy The CD Today !!!!
Just simply great music January 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I heard them live opening up for Drive By Truckers and I was entirely more impressed with Ryan Bingham than the headline act.
His voice and style are just beyond description and are, simply stated, very awesome.
If one has a chance to see him live, he does seem to perform much better live than in the studio. While his voice is rough on the album, the overall music is cleaned up in the stuid but when heard it is much more raw and natural. A great experience!
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