Clodhoppin' rockers Black Oak Arkansas achieved their biggest success with High on the Hog and it's obnoxious #25 single "Jim Dandy," which featured raspy vocalist Jim "Dandy" Mangrum and Ruby Starr hootin' it up like a pair of courtin' cousins. Featuring a few other, similarly buck-toothed entries in "Happy Hooker," and acoustic pickers "Back to the Land" and "High 'n' Dry," High on the Hog is redeemed by the inclusion of nasty southern-livin' rockers like the funky opener "Swimmin' in Quicksand," the churning "Red Hot Lovin'," and "Mad Man," while "Moonshine Sonata" is a vintage guitarmony laced instrumental. Possessing neither the sophistication of an Allmans or attitude of Skynrd, High on the Hog is yer basic roll in the mud through a set of lowbrow rube-rock, worth checking out for fans of the genre. –Ben
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