"Flying saucers, rattlesnakes, my true love's name etched in wood," goes one line in "Zen Beat Rag," a tune that sets the tone for the Muddy Basin Ramblers' most adventurous album to date. "Hold That Tiger" starts with the pre-war jazz standard "Tiger Rag," but then quickly launches into a world beyond, with 17 original tunes that put a modern spin on jug band blues, traditional jazz, Asian folk, and string band music.