Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors - The Real Sock Ray Blue

Primary Artist
Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors
Album Title
The Real Sock Ray Blue
Release Date
March 23, 1999 
Time
45:11 
Review by William Ruhlmann
Since Mojo Nixon now makes albums only every few years, his comments on current events can be somewhat dated. It wasn't until 1995's Whereabouts Unknown that he took on the 1991 Gulf War, and it wasn't until 1999 that record buyers could hear his thoughts on the O.J. Simpson murder trial ("Orenthal James [Was a Mighty Bad Man]") and the death of Princess Diana ("Drunk Divorced Floozie [The Ballad of Diana Spencer]"). Not that you couldn't imagine what his outraged and outrageous opinions would be. Read More