title: Sour Mash (album)
text: # Sour Mash (album)
  
  Sour Mash is the second album by Australian blues rock band Beasts of Bourbon which was recorded in 1988 and originally released on the Red Eye label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  In the review on Allmusic, Skip Jansen states "With The Johnnys and Scientists both calling it a day just prior to Sour Mash, the collective creative forces were pooled to make the Beasts of Bourbon's landmark in which remains their prime document. A raw blues-rock album with post-punk afflictions ... With the enigmatic Tex Perkins, who could be one of rock & roll's last great frontmen, and the blistering slide-guitar-driven sound, the band does a fine job of re-creating the sound of a twisted night out at the pub".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs by Kim Salmon and Tex Perkins except where noted
  
  * "Hard Work Drivin' Man" (Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder, Paul Schrader, Tex Perkins, Beasts of Bourbon) – 3:22
  * "Hard for You" (Perkins, Beasts of Bourbon) – 3:30
  * "Watch Your Step" – 2:00
  * "Playground" (Salmon) – 3:58
  * "Door to Your Soul" – 3:37
  * "These Are the Good Old Days" (Spencer P. Jones, Salmon, Perkins) – 3:00
  * "The Hate Inside" (Jones, Perkins) – 3:27
  * "Pig" (Jones, Perkins) – 4:33
  * "Driver Man" (Traditional) – 4:03
  * "Today I Started Loving You Again" (Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens) – 4:20
  * "Flathead (The Fugitive)" (Salmon) – 2:00
  * "This Ol' Shit" (Perkins) – 2:40
  * "Sun Gods" (Perkins) – 3:18
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Beasts of Bourbon
  
  * Tex Perkins – vocals, siren, guitar, drum
  * Spencer P. Jones – guitar, clock guitar
  * Kim Salmon – guitar, slide guitar, wild boar guitar, harmonica, tambourine, conductor
  * Boris Sudjovic – bass, tambourine, foot stomping, handclaps
  * James Baker – drums, cymbal, handclaps
  
  with:
  
  * Adrian Hornblower – tuba, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 6, 8 & 9)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Phil Punch – engineer
  * Phil Punch and The Beasts – producer
  