***The late Memphis producer Jim Dickinson once called JIMBO MATHUS “the singing voice of Huck Finn.” Outside the South, Mathus is likely best known as the ringleader of the defunct hyper-ragtime outfit SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS, or as the catalyst for Buddy Guy’s breakthrough “Sweet Tea” in 2001 and Guy’s Grammy-winning Blues Singer album. This July, Mathus will soon release a six-song vinyl EP on the Big Legal Mess label titled Blue Light. Blue Light perfectly captures Mathus’ style of Southern musical alchemy. From the proto garage rock of “Haunted John” to the sideways-with-the-law Southern rock of “Blue Light” to the dead-end gospel-fueled country weeper of “Burn the Honky Tonk,” Mathus shows the diversity of his vision. The conviction of his singing and storytelling will make you believe every word is true. (STREET DATE - 7/17/2012)