As part of Amazon’s monthly $5 MP3 album deal for March 2012, Laughin’ And Cryin’ With The Reverend Horton Heat is on sale for only $5.

If you’d like a physical copy of Laughin’ And Cryin’ With The Reverend Horton Heat, the CD is available for only $7.82.

You may be asking, “Who the hell is The Reverend Horton Heat?” Well, he’s not an actual reverend, for starters. He’s Jim Heath, who acquired the nickname “Reverend” back in 1985 when his impromptu solo rendition of “Fulsom Prison Blues” was met with shouts of “Go Reverend” by the proprietor of the venue where Heath was simply known as “Jim the Sound Guy,” It was that night that Jim Heath became The Reverend Horton Heat. The name Horton is a nod to Johnny Horton, an American country and rockabilly singer popular in the 1950s, and Heat is just a shortened version of Heath. The name also doubles as the name of the band, whose sound has been described as a combination of country, surf, punk, big band, swing, and rockabilly – sometimes collectively referred to as psychobilly. Their energetic sound and often humorous lyrics, make The Reverend Horton Heat an all-around good-time band.