Buck Forty Nine

Buck Forty Nine - Back on the Market (2007) The first thing that struck me when I picked this up was that the cover was hand-painted and a full blown piece of art. The detail is amazing and it's clear a lot of work went into assembling each disc. The best part is that the music is as good as the cover. The album contains three covers that are both well-suited for the band and obscure enough to not distract from the song: Walking the Floor by the Ernest Tubb, Kind of Woman I Got by the Osborne Brothers, and Mind Your Own Business by Hank Williams. The remaining originals are pretty consistently catchy and clever and sound like they could have been written in the '50s. In short, the covers could pass as original material and vice versa. Give them a shot at MySpace and get your hands on a copy.