#GreatAlbums1990s – #16Horsepower – #Sackcloth ‘N’ Ashes (1996). If modern country is mostly feelin’ good about feelin’ bad, Denver’s 16 Horsepower were there to remind us of the fire and brimstone/ devil on your tail implications of country’s earliest roots. Perched somewhere between the Louvin Brothers and Nick Cave, 16 Horsepower invoked stark mythos and god-fearing gospel on “Black Soul Choir,” “Horse Head” etc, playing archaic instruments with grungy attitude. #1990s, #RootsRock, #Americana