Press Release:
“Peanuts” is the latest album from the Sauce Boss. It’s a diverse retrospective, with some new tunes added, that made up the original score for the Jimmy Carter film. From his 1989 Kingsnake release featuring Pat Ramsey and Lucky Peterson, through three decades of shouting his blues, to the new release of “Shiner’s Blues”, Bill Wharton has painted a sonic backdrop for the story of a president who to this day is an ardent fan of music. It was arguably musicians who got him elected, playing benefits on the weekends so he could buy ads on Monday morning, and introducing fans to their good friend, a peanut farmer from Georgia. As Chuck Leavell said, “He’s one of us.” While in office Carter used music as soft diplomacy to make this world a better place.

The movie has garnered many accolades. President Jimmy Carter said, “The film exceeded my expectations in every way.” CNN Films premiered “Rock and Roll President” on January 3. The Los Angeles Film Awards gave “Best Picture”, and ‘Best Feature Documentary” to Director, Mary Wharton, Best Editing to Mari Keiko Gonzalez, along with “Best Original Score” going to Bill Wharton, the Sauce Boss himself! The album will be released on February 5, 2021. You can preorder it now. Right here.

Apple Raisin Pineapple Walnut Fig Bread
So many have asked me for this recipe, I guess I’ll have to give away some of my secrets. Here it is:
First let me give you my general quick bread recipe which you can tailor to your occasion as you wish.
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 or more Tbsp flax meal
All sifted together
To these dry ingredients you may add spices depending on where you want to end up. If you want a savory cornbread, substitute cornmeal for half of the flour and put hot pepper flakes or chopped jalapenos or hatch chiles along with summer savory. With wet ingredients (1 cup of milk), honey, 1 can of corn with the water, and onions.
If you want a sweet bread add to the dry ingredients, allspice, or cinnamon. When I make my coffee cake I put a bunch of walnuts and allspice in the batter and the dust the top with cinnamon. I went a little fruit crazy on this recipe. I just like to see what’s up in my fridge. So to the dry ingredients I added 1/2 tsp allspice and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Then to the cup of milk I added 1/4 cup applesauce, 1/4 cup honey, 4 apples peeled and chopped, a handful of raisins, 4 rings of pineapple chopped with some of the juice. 1/2 to 1 cup walnuts chopped, a cup of figs that we dried from last summer’s harvest chopped. I don’t really measure when I make bread. I guesstimate and when I mix the wet and dry if it’s to wet I add flour. If it’s too dry I add a little milk. Put it in an oiled pan and bake at 350 for 40 minutes …or so. This recipe works for banana bread or sweet potato bread. Just pick yer fruit and throw it in there.