Lowdown Ways CD

Daddy Long Legs
Lowdown Ways CD

Low Down Ways marks a quantum creative leap for Daddy Long Legs, the scrappy New York trio known for their stripped-down roots sound and in-your-face intensity thats garnered them fans in their hometown and overseas, where they've toured with such kindred spirits as The Damned, Blackfoot Gypsies, Hurray for the Riff Raff and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
They've been recognized by Rolling Stone magazine, who aptly compared them to Chicago blues fired at the moon, played by the demented children of the Pretty Things.
This expansive, new territory that the band covers on Lowdown Ways is thanks to producer (and JD McPherson bassist Jimmy Sutton, with whom the band recorded the album at Chicagos Hi-Style Studios.
Sutton applies his technical know-how to broaden the sound of such instantly memorable tunes as Pink Lemonade (co-written by McPherson), Ding Dong Dang and Bad Neighborhood, which resonate with the down-and-dirty roots that have always been Daddy Long Legs' inspiration.
Meanwhile, the band ventures successfully into unfamiliar territory with the pub-rock-style Winners Circle, the bittersweet Back Door Fool and dramatic album-closer Wrong Side of the River.