The Down Hill Strugglers & Jerron Paxton Double Record

“The Down Hill Strugglers are, to my ears, the very best interpreters of traditional material presently going.”
- Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker

"Jerron Paxton is the living embodiment of the true blues in the 21st century."
- The Country Blues

Old Juniper is the Strugglers' first album in seven years, and their first of all original songs.

Give a listen on all the music sites and streaming services.
— and order the digital, CD or special edition vinyl album:
https://downhillstrugglers.bandcamp.com/album/old-juniper

“These guys are a first rate string band! Walker, Jackson and Eli have absorbed the old tradition, and the songs and tunes they wrote for this album are outstanding.” - Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan, Asleep at the Wheel)

“If it’s possible to be at the forefront of something old, The Down Hill Strugglers are right there with this new recording! Imaginative arrangements of interesting tunes played with soul, all while reaching back to the best of the old mountain sounds.” - Bruce Molsky

"Throughout the record, the musical texture of Old Juniper shifts and blooms. Eli, Jackson, and Walker exchange roles freely— the banjo, fiddle, and guitar change hands almost every track. No matter their instrument, the three fall into place with the tune their guide. As these dynamics build and transform, a sound raw and beautifully sincere appears.

"Throughout the record, the musical texture of Old Juniper shifts and blooms. Eli, Jackson, and Walker exchange roles freely— the banjo, fiddle, and guitar change hands almost every track. No matter their instrument, the three fall into place with the tune their guide. As these dynamics build and transform, a sound raw and beautifully sincere appears. This album of new old-time tunes and songs will surely be a welcome addition to the well loved canon of American traditional music." - Nora Brown

"How wonderful is it that The Down Hill Strugglers are releasing a new album? I’ve been a fan of theirs from the beginning and will happily spend time with anything they put out! I see The Down Hill Strugglers as the primary successors of the great and longstanding tradition of urban interpreter-performers of American vernacular string band music - They pick up where the NLCR left off, with Cohen’s considerable creative guidance ever in their hearts and minds. “Old Juniper” is a testament to the vibrancy of this legacy." - Jake Xerxes Fussell
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Paxton is "virtually the only music-maker of his generation—playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements—to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and '30s." - The Wall Street Journal

"His singing voice is of a kind that one just falls into; it wraps around you, cradles you, and doesn’t let go, and his delivery is what I would call “singing storytelling” (in the true tradition of the blues)....If you have a chance to see Paxton in concert, grab it with both hands." - The Snycopated Times

"He is not merely a preservationist mining bygone decades for esoteric material or works that fit a certain aesthetic or brand. He simply takes music that is significant to his identity, his culture, and his experience and showcases it for a broader audience. Its value does not reside solely in its history or in the authentic replication of that history, but also exists in its present, its relevance to modern times, and its future, as well." - The Bluegrass Situation

"Paxton shifts from piano to guitar to fiddle to a five-string banjo that looks like he time-traveled to the 1920s, stole it from a juke joint, and dropped it on the ground a few times on the way back." - The Village Voice

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