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1.StopI'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 02:40
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2.StopRestless, Ramblin', Man – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:19
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3.StopWhen Love Comes a Callin' – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 02:59
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4.StopPower of a Woman – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:15
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5.StopLonestar, Lovestruck, Blues – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:29
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6.StopGone Like a Raven – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:22
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7.StopSeven Miles to Memphis – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:17
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8.StopBest Thing – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:52
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9.StopFireflies – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:22
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10.StopEverything's Goin' My Way – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 03:29
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11.StopWay Down the Road – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 04:23
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12.StopCarolina – Mark Stuart & the ****** Sons 04:21
After a few albums as frontman of the group ****** Sons of Johnny Cash, Mark Stuart issued an album billed to Mark Stuart the ****** Sons, Bend in the Road. While the billing might have changed slightly, Stuart's focus remains roots country music. This is alt-country only in the sense that it's outside the commercial country mainstream, as the sound is rooted in classic country forms, particularly honky tonk. Stuart delivers solid stuff along those lines in both exuberant and world-weary veins, but also puts shades of old-timey folk, Western swing, rock, and Tex-Mex into his tunes. If the themes of many of the songs are pretty common to this sort of music -- rambling restlessly on the road, heartache, and romantic crushes -- Stuart delivers such goods reliably, though some of the uptempo songs are fairly similar to each other. That makes the reflective sad ballads "Gone Like a Raven" and "Carolina" more melodic standouts in the context of the record as a whole. Richie Unterberger, Rovi
- Genre: Country
- Subgenre: Contemporary Country, Honky Tonk
- Category Honky Tonk, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country
- Release Date: September 22, 2009