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" An irresistible collection of country music ...raw and from the heart. Joe Fournier doesn't do outpourings of emotions, he sings simple truths." - Michael Mee, Net Rhythms " This is raw, no frills, home made music, gutsy country / soul "
" Fournier writes about the darker side of life but with humour. A winning tunesmith "
" This guy's quite the piece of work, and he's the real thing.This brilliant ragged roots rock is stuff
that
".Two of the hottest, crankiest garage country discs since the heyday of Sun Records - don’t bet against such a prolific tunesmith."
" Whiskey Stars catapults Fournier into the forefront of Canadian roots music "
" Fournier’s a Canadian who proves that some of Americana’s best talents aren’t even American."
" Sounds like it was thrown down in a four day drinking binge with minimum overdubs. Think of Haggard or Kristofferson & you are almost there. This is hard living, hard drinking blue collar
America"
" Joe Fournier offers up a second effort, Whiskey Stars, that just may outshine his great debut,
Raw Sugar Shed."
" One hell of a songwriter, capable of producing rootsy little gems that stop you in your tracks, make you grin like an idiot, and hit the repeat button to hear them again."
" Another little gem forged from the literate twang of Joe's hard scrabble heroes Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, John Hiatt and John Fogerty ... 4 Stars
! "
" Merle Haggard meets Creedence Clearwater Revival. Whiskey Stars holds up beside the best of Americana and roots music for its passion and feeling."
" Raw amplified guitars, Shel Silverstein drug era inspired lyrics ...not to be missed." - Jon Phillbert, CMP (UK)" The dreaded second album has done something that I thought that it couldn't do - it improved on the
first! "
" Fournier conjures up the sound of a smoky Texas roadhouse. Snatches of Creedence and Merle Haggard get mixed with a rebellious punky sound, while vocals land somewhere between Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello. One of the most successful mixes of blues, country and rock I've heard in recent years."
"Energy packed rock, country, folk and blues with catchy tunes. Joe Fournier brings a freshness to the
roots rock / Americana genre."
"Shit kicking swamp rocking gutbucket Springsteen in a tin bathtub woohoo rock n roll and cool cover.
Best track...all of them!"
"Joe proves Canadians can be belligerent, opinionated and irreverent with the best of them... with a gift of looking at the mundane through his eccentric brand of humor and insight."
" Joe Fournier fuses power pop, rowdy Stonesy rock, and traditional country together and makes it sound as rootsy and americana as anything Steve Earle has released.
" Soaked in a rootsy rock vibe, peppered with jagged guitar hooks and Dave Edmunds-inspired
vocals. A junkyard Bakersfield rant, complete with a trashy Telecaster breaks and an out-of-control drummer with too much time on his hands."
" A rootsy sound that lands itself somewhere in between John Hiatt and Rockpile. He has the beats, the hooks and the punch to make this self-produced disc sound like anything he wants.
We think it sounds great! "
"Bursting with wry humour and with too many good riffs, Raw Sugar Shed has a grubby, unrefined appeal."
"Each song on Raw Sugar Shed is a little nugget of craft, attitude and emotion. A songwriter as good as Joe Fournier won't be kept in the shed for long."
"The album is incredible. We talked it up for about 15 minutes on the show. Our music people were ravin'!"
".Swampy, greasy and loaded with wry social commentary. Raw Sugar Shed is a great record."
" Raw Sugar Shed is one of those gems...a 12 track eccentric masterpiece."
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