Little Axe is the blues-driven alter ego of guitarist Skip McDonald, known for his work with The Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead, and as a key arranger across the On-U Sound catalogue. Originally released in 2011, If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog now receives its first vinyl edition.
All Music praised the album as “beautiful, gently funky, and deeply, deeply sad,” highlighting McDonald’s ability to take unexpected elements and use them to reveal the essence of the blues. Across its tracks, McDonald layers ghostly atmospheres and dubbed-out textures around his understated guitar work, creating a haunting and unusually moving statement from a musician long celebrated as an unsung hero of American and Jamaican roots music.
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