Adventures of The Felice Brothers, Vol. I by The Felice Brothers

Adventures of The Felice Brothers, Vol. I is a 2007 record that sounds exactly like the place it was made: a chicken coop, with everything cut straight to two-track tape. The brothers shrugged off anyone who found that strange, remembering the spot as a cramped, grubby little house, and the grit is all over these songs. It came out on Team Love, and the band has also sold it directly at their shows.

It's Americana with mud on its boots, ragged harmonies and a barroom looseness throughout. Two old folk songs get a going-over, "Old Dan Tucker" reborn as "Where'd You Get the Liquor" and "Since I Laid My Burden Down" as "Glory Glory", while "Ruby Mae" is drawn from their grandfather's long-ago sweetheart. "Frankie's Gun!" is the one most people know, and radio station WDST ranked the album third among its best of 2007, behind only Bruce Springsteen and Levon Helm.

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