2005-03-01
Impressive.The songs have a sort of distant, aged feel to them, as if they'd be playing when you walked into an abandoned building in a ghost town. They're like an old-fashioned folk-pop, if there is such a thing.
Cleverly, the record is dedicated to "the last of the independent & open format community radio". How did he know we'd go for that?
12 original tunes and covers that include Brian Wilson's "You Still Believe in Me", The Carter Family's "Oh Take Me Back" and a hushed album-closing take on J.S. Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier".
WILLIE NELSON
Lost Highway
THE WOOD BROTHERS
LIVE VOLUME TWO NAIL & TOOTH
Langhorne Slim
When the Sun's Gone Down
Justin Townes Earle
Midnight at the Movies
Neil Young
Chrome Dreams ll
ZACH PETERSON
Alter Ego
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