{"id":2287,"date":"2013-07-06T19:54:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T19:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2015-10-20T19:54:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T19:54:43","slug":"mike-stinson-hell-and-half-of-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/06\/mike-stinson-hell-and-half-of-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Stinson – Hell and Half of Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by James Killen <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 06, 2013 at 12:01 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"Mike Stinson has a new disc due out in early July called \u201cHell and Half of Georgia\u201d and luckily he had a few copies for sale at his Wednesday night Mucky Duck show. I\u2019ve spun it a few times now and I believe it might be my favorite Stinson disc to date. He still hails from the honky-tonk genre, but rocks it up on this one a bit more, thanks in part to some tasty guitar work by Lance Smith.<\/p>\n

The first number, \u201cLate for My Funeral\u201d, brings the bold lead guitar work to the forefront along with Stinson\u2019s witty lyrics and a very cool organ accompaniment. \u201cMay Have to Do It\u201d rocks the bar and features some pretty nice Telecaster work by Dave Gonzalez. \u201cWalking Home in the Rain\u201d should be a lyrical Honky-Tonk classic with Ricky Davis swapping pedal steel licks with Lance Smith\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

Mike Stinson lets the world know how he feels about his move to our fair town from Los Angeles, on \u201cDied and Gone to Houston\u201d. \u201cBox I Take to Work\u201d is a song of miscellaneous items strung together in a most musical and poetic fashion. \u201cThis Year\u201d builds to a crescendo on the back of some excellent lead guitar work and a story of a man planning the course of his relationship for the next twelve months.<\/p>\n

\u201cBroken Record\u201d features a fun poetic prank where Mike goes out of the way to avoid rhyming with the word \u201crhyme\u201d by awkwardly singing \u201cwords that sound alike\u201d and repeating the words \u201cwrong end of a\u201d in a perfect impersonation of a broken record. \u201cLost Side of Town\u201d is a country tear jerker about life gone awry complete with pedal steel heartstring plucking.<\/p>\n

\u201cGot a Thing for You\u201d fits into the country-rock mold with a \u201cMarc Bolan-like\u201d guitar rhythm and Stinson pushing his voice to the gruffness limit. \u201cPut Me On\u201d is a classic country lost love lament with accordion and Spanish acoustic guitar. The disc closes out rocking the honky-tonk again with \u201cThe Kind of Trouble I Need\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mike Stinson is quickly gaining well-deserved acclaim as a prolific song writer and a hard working performer here in South Texas. You can catch him playing someplace in Houston almost every week. \u201cHell and Half of Georgia\u201d is a fun and creative addition to Stinson\u2019s recorded resume and a welcome addition to my CD library. Houston is lucky to have Mike Stinson as an artist in residence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen Jul 06, 2013 at 12:01 AM Mike Stinson has a new disc due out in early July called \u201cHell and Half of Georgia\u201d and luckily he had a few copies for sale at his Wednesday night Mucky Duck show. I\u2019ve spun it a few times now and I believe it might… <\/p>\n

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