"Red Dirt", a collaboration of Andre Williams and the Sadies, takes many turns through its 12-song repertoire. Starting out with the purely American "Hey Truckers", Williams's voice goes growl-in-paw with the Sadies' Midwestern drums and guitar. "Busted" slows down the pace a notch with its lurching, often-covered imagery of poverty's struggles. "She's All That" kicks it back up, making use of Williams's penchant for rollicking, wolf-whistle lyrics. The album veers into dead seriousness and despondency in the next two songs, "I Can Tell" and "Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill)". "I Can Tell" is a grief-overwhelmed, staggering tale of betrayal; "Pardon Me" could well be what takes place in the writer's mind given a few more days to turn deadly and rancid. "Weapon of Mass Destruction" compares a woman's wiles to the fatal machinery of a military-industrial complex. "Only you can stop production", implores Williams, in this one song in which he uses a high-pitched, singsong voice. "Easy on the Eyes" sweeps away the skeletons and spectres, returning to a whimsical, easygoing pace and guitar style. Williams foregoes his earthiness to belt out a warm, friendly tribute to the beauty and charm of women. "I'm an Old Man" keeps Williams's eye on the ladies with the refrain, "... doin' what I can". "Tramp Trail" is a song that plods with the burden of its lyrics about the end of the trail for many: homelessness and despair. From here the album's tone becomes cold and chil