I called it, and my readership (well, one of them) agreed. The undisputed highlight of the second volume of All Pearls No Swine was "10 Days Over 23 Year" by the Sweet Magnolia Band. When I started to compile the APNS series more than three years ago (a Covid lockdown pastime...) there was literally nothing else from the band out there. But in the meantime, some folks have uploaded the rest of ths one-off onto You Tube, and so straight from the Tube right to One Buck Records comes the rest of the band's output, striking while the iron is warm-ish.
I still don't have much more info on the group, other than they were from Little Rock, Arkansas (that's at least were their private press label is located). Oh, and what a label name: Lardbucket Records. That's fantastic! [Chandler voice:] Could it be any more Southern and redneck-y?! The album is pretty good, with quite a bit more country touches than I expected (Discogs has it as psychedelic rock; which I feel is a little exaggerated), and while "10 Days" sounded quite a bit like The Grateful Dead, throughout the album it's obvious how much the band was influenced by The Band. I also like that as their opening track they have their own theme, that's great. Overall, nothing here is quite as good as "10 Days" but for the country rock/Americana fans out there it's a nice little addition from the glory days of the genre.
