SNAKE FARM - RAY WYLIE HUBBARD
Texas singer/songwriter/gonzo cowboy Ray Wylie Hubbard has enjoyed a career renaissance in the last decade-plus that has undoubtedly produced the most powerful music of his career. That streak continues with “Snake Farm,” a collection of down-and-dirty, superbly crafted gems quite unlike anything else. The title cut is a swampy peek into a bizarro world too detailed not to be true, and “Heartaches and Grease,” with its “shameless women and pork rinds,” thumps with authority, while Hubbard ruminates on the supernatural and faith in his own special way with “Kilowatts” and the mighty “The Way of the Fallen.” The gut-bucket “Mother Hubbard’s Blues” offers sage advice and laugh-out-loud humor, and Hubbard’s slide and vocals shine throughout. Billboard
