2007-08-27
The lyrics on this recording are phenomenal, like when you have a really great novel that you can’t put down, you read a paragraph of prose and marvel at its perfection. It’s not the strange esoteric work of the past but a collection of accessible and interesting songwriting. You might read the liner notes about his home and state of mind, which is decidedly happy. Check out the musicians he employs. Bill Frisell and Loudon Wainwright III are two of them. Teresa Jeanne
TV MIKE AND THE SCARECROWS
Out at Sea
Gail Ann Dorsey
I Used to Be
Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
MARK OLSON
The Salvation Blues
The Blind Owl Band
Skeezy Patty
GREG BROWN
Yellow Dog
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