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Led by bassist Lou Whitney and guitarist D. Clinton Thompson, the same Missouri twosome who also front the Skeletons, the Morells are even rootsier than their alter-ego band. The Skeletons could evoke the Kinks and the Beach Boys in the course of one song, but the Morells' eponymous album--their second in 19 years--finds the quartet going back even further, although that garage-band spirit is never far away, especially in Whitney's thundering bass. "Rock Bottom" is swinging enough to pass for one of Brian Setzer's better outtakes. And "Hair of the Dog" sounds like a meeting between Huey "Piano" Smith and the Lovin' Spoonful circa "Nashville Cats." It's a melting pot of influences, extending to honky-tonk, blues-rock, and the kind of rockabilly Jerry Lee Lewis used to play. Many of these cuts would sound like novelty tunes in the hands of lesser artists, but, conversely, the Morells actually take one of the Coasters' lesser novelty tunes, "I'm a Hog for You, Baby," and turn it into a gem. The Morells remain one of the all-time great bar bands. --Bill Holdship
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