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blues.about.com Review of JJT by Ken Bays

…he’s come up with is a veritable explosion of sound that crosses cultural and musical lines in ways young artists rarely do…

New Review of JJT from No Depression.

“Jook Joint Thunderclap is a brave step for an artist who seemingly could do it all alone but decided to invite the wider world to join in his party.”
-Rick J Bowen

Colorado Music & Radio

News, Notes & Spins – March 1, 2011
Big Head Todd & the Monsters had the HOTTEST release of the month it seems … and overall the top five titles SMOKED the rest of the field.
TOP 40 SPINS – February 2011
1. DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers (Anti) rock, indie/alternative
2. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (Ruff Shod) folk
3. Tennis – Cape Dory (Fat Possum) pop, indie/alternative
4. Big Head Todd & the Monsters/Big Head Blues Club – 100 Years of Robert Johnson (RYKO) blues

5. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (Naked Jaybird) blues

6. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (self) rock, adult alternative
7. Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints (self) country, americana

Cascade Blues Association Review

John-Alex Mason Naked Jaybird Music John-Alex Mason has released some really cool music over the years, in particular his previous release Town + Country, which found him alternating between his one-man band setting and solo traditional style of blues. His latest CD, Jook Joint Thunderclap, takes him even a step further, especially when utilizing all [...]

Beads, Cups and Doubloons!

he throwing of trinkets to the crowds was started in the early 1870s by the Twelfth Night Revelers, and is a time-honored expectation for young and old alike.