"Mud slinging, chicken-plucking, 'hog-wallering', dance music !" All original songs that explore the full range of"working-class" life from Appalachia to the seedy streets of American urban life! “It’s the stuff of earthy life, and the skill of Short’s work in the tradition suggests that some of his songs may well become part of that tradition in another couple decades!" Dirty Linen “His music is the real deal: the music that came from Britain and Ireland, augmented by those who toiled in the mines and on the farms, and evolved into American folk music.” —CMT (Country Music Today) Magazine ”