With a new label and a new live band, The Monsters (featuring Matt McKenzie of The Action Design and Tsunami Bomb), Cliff Greenwood is back with another batch of acoustic country-punk tracks. Although this self titled album is in the same Johnny Clash vein as 2006's Musical Heritage, the rock n roll is emphasized more than ever with the help of The Sore Thumbs' Miles Peck's screaming guitar licks. In between the rock, Greenwood is still able to show his acoustic prowess with songs like Arbuckle (about his dog), where it's just Cliff and his guitar. All in all, Cliff Greenwood & the Monsters is a mixture of rockabilly, punk, outlaw country, spaghetti western, folk, rock n roll, and just plain good ol' times.
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