Jason and the Scorchers, Backsliders:

By Kenneth Johnson
Charlotte Observer
Friday, October 11, 1996

Copyright 1996 Charlotte Observer

Double bill of the year? You bet. This is a match made in honky-tonk heaven, for sure. Forget the Sex Pistols and Kiss, the most satisfying and welcome reunion of the last couple years has got to be that of Jason and the Scorchers. Seemingly destined for the footnotes of the rock history books, the influential band that virtually invented "cow-punk" has bounded back into action with two fine albums for Carrboro's Mammoth Records, "A Blazing Grace" and the soon-to-be-released "Clear Impetuous Morning". The group's shows, of course, are legendary. Raleigh's Backsliders work a similar style, but with less of an emphasis on punk. Yet the end result (Dwight Yoakam fronting the Stones?) is equally intoxicating. Run, don't walk. Tonight at Tremont Music Hall.

© 1996-2001 Charlotte Observer — All Rights Reserved