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Jason & The Scorchers: Halcyon Times

Terry Staunton, Record Collector, March 2010

MIDWAY THROUGH 'Moonshine Guy', the opening track on The Scorchers' first album of all-new material in 14 years, the music stops abruptly to allow a three-second blast of 'Hot Nights In Georgia' to seep into the mix. This brief reappearance of a song from the band's 1985 debut Fervour appears to be telling the listener, "We're back, and we're just as you remember us."

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