Thunder Chicken
" As in most things relating to the bayou beat, the drums are critical and the indominable Barry "Frosty" Smith keeps the foundation flexible with elastic energy that polyrhythmically pushes and pulls the music ever onward...  --Austin American Statesman" As steeped in Mardi Gras parade rhythms as Papa Mali & the Instagators have always been, it's hardly a surprise that the real lead instrument on Thunder Chicken is drummer "Frosty" Smith's whipcrack snare... --Austin Chronicle" Who are these dudes? Havent heard swamp music this good since Tony Joe White. Papa definitely has Spanish moss on his antlers. " --Playboy Magazine