King Cotton are a five-piece band from Boise, Idaho who despite being located in the North-West proudly describe their sound as "Southern Americana".
The historic backdrop of the great depression that hit the southern states in the 1930s is also overtly referenced in the track 'Red Hills And Cotton'.
Musically their sound conjures up a mid-70s vibe familiar to fans of The Allman Brothers or Lynryd Skinner albeit less bluesy than the former and not as stridently extrovert as the latter.
This is the type of band that routinely rhymes 'tomorrow' with 'holler' and they are clearly the kind of guys who habitually rock out in faded jeans and check shirts.
The group revolves around song writer and singer William Grant Camp who lent his name to the previous incarnation as the Billy G. Camp band. That band fizzled out after a 2006 album (Don't Stop The Carnival) and a name change to King Cotton and fresh line-up signifies a fresh beginning.
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The best of the ten songs feature guest fiddle playing by Angie Stevens; her playing gives the tunes a warm country-folk flavour, notably the opening track (The Preacher).
Not all are in this vein and there's even a bit of surf guitar on the track Shady Grove to add more variety.
The closing song's title, Watching Girls, refers to a favourite summertime pastime with cold beer in hand; a track that sums up the laid back mood of a solid, though unspectacular, collection.
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