James Leg “All But Gone/Tell Me More” 2020. Romanus Records, super-limited edition 7″ single (45 copies), sand and gold-flake filled variant. James Leg aka Rev. James Leg (b. John Wesley Meyers) is AMAZING. Heaviest of heavy blues piano/organ and a voice that growls so low it rattles your bones (in the best way). Leg was the lead singer/keyboardist for the Black Diamond Heavies and back in the earlier 2000′s part of the punk-blues band The Immortal Lee County Killers before they disbanded in 2007. He’s also a complete and mesmerizing beast live: we saw him perform a couple of years ago in Indianapolis at Romanus Fest (and got a chance to talk with him at that intimate setting: a record shop!) and more recently online for a couple of his quarantine Facebook Live sets. “All But Gone” and “Tell Me More” are both dark and super-heavy, lo-fi and I guess what I would describe as psychedelic punk blues. Completely original.

James Leg performing at Square Cat Vinyl, August 2018, Romanus Records Fest.