DESCRIPTION:
The Mighty Jeremiahs (ear X-tacy Records, 2005), produced by Greg Martin & David Barrick. Gospel songs wrapped in a blanket of Memphis soul and loud hillbilly blues. Jimmy Hall (vocals), Greg Martin (Guitar), Dean Smith, (Bass), Mark Hendricks (Bass), Jon McGee (Drums), Kevin McKendree (Piano), Darrell Mansfield (Harmonica), and special guest vocalists, Richard Young & Doug Phelps of The Kentucky HeadHunters.

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, Guitar Player Magazine)