Call It Folk writes about The Outlaw

Music blogger Call It Folk writes about the 17 Pygmies new release "The Outlaw J.D. Ray".

From Blackwater, TN, comes a new CD release from 17 Pygmies, a group fronted by J.D. Ray, in various incarnations, since 1982. J.D. of 17 sent over some songs from their newest concept project "The Outlaw J.D. Ray". Jackson Del Ray and his posse use post-civil war folk music and pre-WWII blues as the backdrop to a story of ambition, deceit, and of course love lost and found (you know, basic tragedy stuff) and of course, redemption. Released on the indie label Trakwerx. Meg Maryatt sings heavenly on Captured in Amber, add slide guitar and some tender banjo background for an obvious pick for CIF. Like the songs on Tom Russell's concept album, "The Man From God Knows Where", these songs stand on their own despite being part of larger story. This is great Americana. Among other film score projects, 17 Pygmies perform a tune called Stay With Me, a Jackson Del Rey score set to the 1918 silent film "Tarzan of the Apes", based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' story, directed by Scott Sidney.

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