Editor's note: Contributor Autopsy IV, of ninebullets.net fame, and I are totally in agreement about blues bad ass T-Model Ford, who performs Dec. 12, Dave's Aqua Lounge, St. Petersburg. Here's Autopsy's write-up; check out his kick-ass site for free MP3s. My Ford preview will be in the Creative Loafing that streets today — and will appear here day of show.
It's not often that you get a chance to see a real deal bluesman, you know, like the ones romanticized in countless books, tv shows and movies. Well, Friday night we get one of those chances when T-Model Ford brings his version of the Mississippi hill-country blues sound to Dave's Aqua Lounge. Backing T-Model on this tour is a pretty god damned talented blues ensemble in their own right, Gravelroad. I venture to say we could see Dave's turned into the St. Pete equivalent of a deep South juke-joint until the local authorities tell T-Model and Co. it's time to pack it up. So come out, get drunk, get high…hell, smoke a cigarette, get in a fight and go to jail. That's what this night is all about. You could say it's gonna be good times, but I'll just quote T-Model and say "it's Jack Daniel time".
This article appears in Dec 10-16, 2008.