Various Artists High Cotton: A Tribute to Alabama
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Label: Lightning Rod
For the 40th anniversary of Alabama, Lightning Rod Records assembled a wide variety of artists to record covers of their hits and lesser-known album cuts. High Cotton: A Tribute To Alabama features artists ranging from gospel blues group Blind Boys of Alabama to Memphis rockers Lucero to country soul shouter JD McPherson who put their unique spin on the Alabama repertoire. The track listing takes listeners through Texas heroes like Wade Bowen and Jason Boland and the Stragglers to Generation Y performers like Jessica Lea Mayfield and her ethereal rendition of 'I'm In A Hurry' and Old Crow Medicine Show's showcase of 'Dixieland Delight.'