Sellout's Steal of the Week: Jim Mize

So Red Chuck and I have been playing with Jim Mize for about a year and a half now. We're just about finished with his new record, but we've yet to play a gig with him. That changes Friday night, as Jim Mize and the Fence Jumpers debut at the Whitewater Tavern.

His last record featured the Oxford, MS band Blue Mountain, and resulted in praise in all kinds of national press outlets (Billboard, Guitar Player, etc). Someone said "Jim Mize writes songs from Larry Brown's south-- full of southern weirdos, infidelity, booze and violence." Someone else called him "a Southern Springsteen at the height of his powers."

Okay, so I said those things (couldn't find any of the press clips), but in any case-- I'm really glad to be involved in this new record. We recorded half of it in Mississippi with Bruce Watson, and half of it here in Little Rock. It's supposed to be out early next year.

Here's one of my favorites:

Jim Mize | Promises We Keep (advance mix):

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Note: this makes the 2nd Steal of the Week in a row that I recorded and played bass on. I promise I won't make it a habit. Next week we'll come up with something less narcissistic.