Tom Paley's Old-Time Moonshine Revue, Roll On, Roll On: CD review Tom Paley learned his trade playing square dances in the 1940s and the 84-year-old can count Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder and the late Jerry Garcia among his fervent admirers. Paley was one of the New Lost City Ramblers in the 1960s Greenwich Greenwich Village folk era, a music scene which is the subject of the next Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis. Illustrator Ski Williams, whose old-style pencil and ink work illustrates the CD cover of Roll On, Roll On, persuaded Paley to record a new album - and very charming it is. Paley, who was born in New York but has lived in London since 1965, has a voice that evokes an era of Ralph Stanley and Burl Ives and he brings his multi-instrumentalist skills - on fiddle, banjo, guitar and autoharp - to a mix of 18 traditional and cover songs. Two of the songs are his own compositions, Roll On, Roll On and the nicely eccentric Beelzebubbles, in which he imagines himself dating the daughter of "I reckon you-know-who." Paley's lyrics praise a devilish girl whose "sexual habits are rather like a rabbit's." Crumbs. . . the energy of these old-timers. Paley's son, Ben, plays some gorgeous fiddle throughout, and especially on that track. The 'Revue Boys' - Jonny Bridwood (double bass & rhythm guitar), Robin Gillan (harmonica), Jason Steel (guitar) and the two Paleys - swing nicely across a range of styles and songs, including the traditional A Horse Named Bill, done to the tune of Dixie. There's a strong version of Blind Boy Fuller's Keep On Trucking, Mama and the album ends on a spirited version of Leadbelly's renowned prisoner song, The Midnight Special. Paley played with played with Woody Guthrie so it's fitting in Guthrie's centenary year that Paley shows he can still strut his stuff. He recorded his first for Electra in 1953 so there's really no arguing with his staying power. Tom Paley's Old-Time Moonshine Revue, Roll On, Roll On (Hornbeam Recordings)