The Mighty Jeremiahs
The Mighty Jeremiahs
ear X-tacy Records (US)
2005

Format: CD

The Mighty Jeremiahs make soul-stirring music: The band plays lean and tight, Jimmy Hall sings with unflinching passion, and Greg Martin breaks your heart with every sweet, squawky, stuttering note from his guitar. If you're a Les Paul-through-Marshall fanatic and believe that the ripe, searing sounds of Paul Kossoff with Free, Mick Taylor with the Bluesbreakers, and Fresh Cream-era Eric Clapton represent the apex of Sunburst tone, then don't miss Greg Martin's plangent licks with the Mighty Jeremiahs. Armed with a '58 PAF-loaded Paul and a clutch of old Marshall half-stacks, Martin honed his squawky attack with the Kentucky Headhunters. On this album -- a collection of gospel songs wrapped in a blanket of Memphis soul and loud, hillbilly blues -- he teams up with vocalist Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie) and a punchy rhythm section to deliver an hour of ecstatic 6-string. Hearing Martin pepper his flutey bends and growling bass riffs with pinch harmonics in "Respect Yourself" and "John the Revelator," you just might conclude he's the most toneful Paul-bearer playing today.

-Andy Ellis, senior editor, Guitar Player Magazine

Click on a song title to listen to a sample:

John The Revelator
Judgement Day
Walk With Me Jesus
Ain't No Room In This House For Hell
Amazing Grace
That's How Strong My Love Is
Tell The Truth
Wicked Ways
Respect Yourself
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Tesify
Ole Cheap Bottle of Wine
Brother Can You Say Amen?
Revelator
It's Been A Good Day