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THE BEATEN PATH REVIEWS:

If New Orleans folk music is based on smart up-tempo pop-rock interspersed with piano balladry than it's high time this reviewer shook away the cobwebs of prejudgment and paid more attention. Lyrically, it's a very evocative listen. Image Mike Post (of TV theme fame) had been a member of The Band and you might get some idea of where this music is going.
-Paul Villers, AmericanaUK

Shad Weathersby continues to stand out as one of New Orleans’ finest exports. Wrapped in a coating of Americana, folk and old-time R&B, The Beaten Path finds new breath in traditionally solid footing. Bluesey folk-rock riffs and great harmonies make this a solid diamond effort.
-Smother.net

The musical style is Alt Country, with a little of the New Orleans soul and rhythm and blues mixed in, and the opening track, Tell Me, has an extremely beefy sound with some punchy backing by his band which recurs throughout the album. The songs range across many topics, but somehow they all reflect on the indomitable spirit of New Orleans and its music. It also ironic and profoundly fitting that Weathersby is also a woodworking craftsman and at the same time he was recording this album he was helping to refurbish and revive the furniture damaged in the floods. You’d expect an album written and recorded after Katrina to be be a rather sad affair but that isn’t the case, The Beaten Path is actually a pretty upbeat album with many tracks that rock.
-The Border-Land