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The Mother Hips

The Mother Hips

Orange Recordings

There’s two songs on this 7-inch, and both are well-crafted. Side A is “Third Floor Story,” which allows the Mother Hips show off their funky, blues roots. I can imagine this song being part of a 10-minute improv jam session. Too bad you can only fit like 4 and a half minutes on one side of a 7-inch. Side B has an entirely different flavor. I’m gonna call it country music; but not this country music you see on TNN. It reminds me of what an old Appalachian folk song probably sounded like in the early pioneering days. Pretty smooth stuff.

Orange Recordings, 1020 W Belmont, Suite #2, Chicago, IL 60657; http://www.orangerecordings.com/


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