Consumer Guide Album

Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys: High Riding [Polydor, 1977]
The cutting nasality of Crow's vocals is revivalism at its finest--he's not an original like Ray Benson, but he's got the style down. And as a swinging eclectic he borrows anything he likes, from the Cleftones to a dope-running epic to "Turkey, Texas (Home of Bob Wills)." Stop off in Turkey first. But if you like it there, put this on your Christmas list right after Asleep at the Wheel. B+