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CD Review by Aubrey McInnis SUPER CHIKAN What You See Fat Possum Features pedal steel player Bob Egan (Wilco, Blue Rodeo) and Cary Hudson (Blue Mountain, The Hilltops). If you can’t make it to an electric juke-joint, James "Super Chikan" Johnson seems hell-bent on bringing it into your home. Spanking you with catchy hooks and one staggering spell o’ clucking (during the unforgettable "Big Boy Now"), his brand of honest, bare-bones blues comes bulldozing through with the strength of a thousand determined grannies on a Scratch ’n’ Save day. 4/5

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