Jesse Woods

Winding through the backroads of the Hill Country, listen in to the mesquite and the oak.  Gaze into a babbling stream, then grab a Big Red from the roadside general store.  Enjoy the sunshine’s heat and the remarkable cool from the shade.  Jesse Woods’ voice permeates these places, as if akin to the Texas horizons.  Autoflower is his latest ode to its people and places.

The record’s defining sound (besides Jesse’s voice) is his 1950’s lap steel guitar.   It’s a sound that embodies everything I’ve been saying about Jesse — constant movement, sliding from place to place, with a certain adrift quality.   And, like his music, the lap steel exudes an airy expansiveness, classic sensibility,  and unshakable beauty. -Bill Baird