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Muddy Ruckus

Sample this concert
  1. 1Welcome to Daytrotter00:03
  2. 2Worse Things04:51
  3. 3On And On03:51
  4. 4Convalescent Angel04:51
  5. 5Lighting06:10
Muddy Ruckus Jan 28, 2014
Liner Notes

There are some spots in the Mississippi River, right outside our front door here in Rock Island, Ill., where the bald eagles are finding their dinners these stark and nasty days of winter. They perch themselves in the sad, crooked limbs near the water and they keep a close watch on what's just below the surface. They swoop down and clamp when they see something they like. They never get under the water, down to the bottom. It's where we found Rock Island-native and Maine-dwelling Ryan Flaherty a few weeks ago. We dredged him out of that mighty river's cold floor, down where all the secrets and regrets are thrown from bridges. He lives beneath the surface, as the songs he writes as Muddy Ruckus show. He finds something akin to pleasure in the undercurrents there.