JJ Grey's sound has been called swamp music, but it's a helluva lot more than that. Grey’s fifth album, Georgia Warhorse, was recorded a St. Augustine, Fla.’s Retrophonics studio, and it’s a Southern-fried ride through funk, soul and straight-ahead blues. Grey writes, composes and arranges every aspect of this CD, and accordingly, his stamp is all over it — and this disc is evidence that he’s one of the freshest talents emerging from North Florida.
From powerful opener “Diyo Dayo” to more poignant tracks such as “King Hummingbird” and “Gotta Know,” each song reads like a short story, with Grey putting on a show with his storytelling abilities and gritty vocal delivery. It’s not a fully consistent release — he loses his pace on tracks such as “All” and “Lullaby” — but it’s a keeper. Swamp music it ain’t, but it’s done the Everglades proud.
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