The Devil Makes Three — Longjohns, Boots and A Belt

Out of Print! Rare! Repress from 2004 - First pressed on vinyl in 2012. Opened shrink with exacto-blade to verify pressing. Essentially brand new and was sealed! / Now out of print and hard to get stateside! / No other pressings are available on Discogs or even on Amazon! / Previous copies sold for $60+ On their second album the band's ragtime bounce is still intact, but country blues share the billing, all presented with a cleaner mix that shows just how impressive the band's instrumental chops are. Pete Bernhard's songwriting moves in a more serious, more insightful direction here. Drinking and hard times still figure heavily in the songs, but mindless indulgence has been replaced with a consciousness that puts the behavior in a broader social context. The good time music is tempered by sober lyrics rooted in the usual social concerns of a singer/songwriter. "North Carolina" is a country blues with some impressive guitar picking from Cooper McBean, a starkly traditional "she done me