This is the sixth release from Ball and Chain and their first to include all original songs. Their love of hard core Honky Tonk is evident but here they feature songs with a wide range of styles. There is a love song for the prairie skies of Jody Benjamin's home province of Saskatchewan, a simple classic country waltz, a rockin' murder story song and a couple of Cajun style fiddle tunes. The tile track is a philosophical advise song for control freaks. The instrumentation varies as well. Some songs are simple guitar, fiddle, bass and drums while others feature electric guitar, pedal steel, Wurlitzer, hammond organ and there's even a jaw harp intro to one of the fiddle tunes. This band always keeps the dancer in mind and their live performances always have full dance floors.Michael and Jody have been making frequent trips to Louisiana since 1997 and the music from Southwest Louisiana and its cultural context continues to fascinate them.Ball & Chain are:Michael Ball - fiddle, mandolin and vocalsJody Benjamin - acoustic guitar and vocalsThe Wreckers are:Don Evans - bassAlistaire Dennett - drumsfeatured guests are:Al Bragg - pedal steel Andrew Cowan - electric guitarDon Cummings - hammond organ & WurlitzerPeter Andree - piano accordionPaul Hogan - electric guitarJesse Lege - cajun accordionRussell Levia - harmonicaRoss Murray - drumsRecorded by Ross Murray at Happy Rock Studio Chelae, QCProduced by Ball & Chain and Ross MurrayFor full album notes go to ballandchain.ca