bring it all back home on , the band's debut offering for . and (scions of the late producer ) may have taken their brand of roots rock, dirty-blues crunch, soul, and funk across the globe many times, but they've never forgotten their roots in Mississippi's Hill Country mud. In 1996, Texas photographer visited the and took pictures of local hill country musicians , , and others, along with their musical families. All the musicians and their kin played together at 's juke joint. Most if not all of the offspring are or have been collaborators through the decades. (Singer and fife player 's granddaughter, continues to lead grandad's .) The photos went undiscovered for some 20 years, and they are what inspired this "soundtrack." The band enlisted friends for a wonderfully unruly celebration of blood, land, and musical ties. sings lead and plays guitar on a wooly read of ' "Mean Old World" with adding his own axe. fronts on a bubbling, funky take of her own family's "What You Gonna Do" (written by ) with on Hammond B-3, and a vocal chorus courtesy of sings and plays on his uncle 's crunchy blues choogler "Out on the Road" and a countrified version of 's gospel standard "Take My Hand Precious Lord." -- on guitar and drums, respectively, on vocals and fife, on bass, and on vocals -- are a well-seasoned outfit; the quintet and most of their guests have been playing together in various capacities for most of their lives. "Call That Gone" is a filthy, squalling, bottleneck-guitar blues driven by rolling tom-toms with souled-out vocals from , her fife trading licks with his guitar. The title track is a summery country-blues framed by 's Wurlitzer and sung in three-part harmony. "Peaches" is lusty, groove-and-grind blues funk with exchanging sung lines with real heat. "Lonesome in My Home" is low-down trance-dance blues penned by 's read is led by 's roiling bassline with killer guitar by that will make you shiver. So will the punchy, funky "Bump That Mother," with 's wily steel guitar and 's breaking snare march. "Living Free" is good-time, back porch soul with snaky slide guitar, Wurlitzer organ, and sweeping vocals by . "Otha's Bye Bye Baby," with long-ago-demo'ed vocals by the man himself, is paired with 's guitar, which adds swamp mud and murk to bring the album full circle. clears away decades of cobwebs, dust, and wisteria vines from the doorway to the past: It's a family reunion offering that looks to the Hill Country's history and mystery for both its inspiration from the past and guidance to its present. ~ Thom Jurek