Album Review: Jimmy and the Mustangs 'Another Round'

Originally from California, but long based in Austin, Jimmy and the Mustangs have been playing rootsy rockabilly for generations. This past October, front-man Jimmy Haddox, along with Mustangs Jim "J.T." Trimmier (sax), Tom Coplen (guitar), Dylan Cavaliere (upright bass), and John Powell (percussion) released their first new album in decades, Another Round. Brimming with a fabulous retro rock and roll flair (the image of greasers and hot rods immediately come to mind) and filled with horns, electric guitars and lively irresistible melodies, Another Round is a record you won’t be able to sit still for.

Things kick off with the swingin’ sound of “Roll The Dice” and “Cherry Bomb,” and keep on pulsating from there with the straight up rock and roll feel of “I Won’t Cry for You” to the doo-wop sound of “Hotel San Jose” and the humorous, two-steppin’ melody of “Bourbon Street,” which finds him broken hearted “I’m livin’ on Bourbon Street go swimming in Tequila creek, wash my face in a bathtub gin, Southern Comfort is my best friend.” The album also includes “Ready, Set, Go!” and “Rock My World,” both of which will make you feel like doing the Hand Jive, and the ballad “Love Is Just Pretend” which finds him innocently praying for love longing to hear those three important words. The project  closes with the driving “Long Black Train” about being off the rails because his baby left him leaving you ready to press repeat and take the record for Another Round.

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