What do you get when you place Americana music legend Jason Ringenberg in a grove of Giant Sequoias? You end up with an inspiring new record called Stand Tall. But Ringenberg is no stranger to making inspired records. As far back in 1994 Rolling Stone magazine said his Fervor record (with Jason & The Scorchers) "singlehandedly rewrote the history of rock n roll in the South". To record the album, Ringenberg return to his old haunts in the backwoods of Southern Illinois. He had the core rhythm section from his first rock band, Shakespeare's Riot, hunkered down in a studiowith a tin toof and a rural soul. That down-home environment gave Ringenberg the freedom to dig deep into his musical heritage. Fleshing out the sound, Ringenbberg enlisted the help of some Nashville's finest Americana musicians, such as Richard Bennett (producer of Steve Earle's Guitar Town), Fats Kaplan (Jack White'sbands), Steve Fishell (Emmylou's Hot Bans) and Robert Bowlin (fiddle player for Bill Monroe). "Gabba, gabby,hey!'' - Ramones!