I know of Steve Earle more as a songwriter than I do a performer. He's written some great songs over the years for people like Kelly Willis so I'm a distant fan. This album takes us to Steve Earle's traditional country and rockabilly roots and it's a good place to be with Earle. Especially when this collection of songs focuses on mortality. If you're going to sing about mortality what better platform to use than traditional country and rockabilly roots.
This album doesn't jump out and grab you by any means, but it has good hooks, good lyrics, and can easily become a part of your day if you let it play. If you want to hear some solid rockabilly I'd say put this one on and enjoy.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 3 out of 5 stars for Pretty Good.
I like a whole, whole bunch of Steve Earle stuff. For a while, "Transcendental Blues" was my favorite first-song-on-a-record of all time.
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ReplyDeleteMan Delta Dawn, from her/his perspective ... whoever decided to bring in this drum like a march should be very, very rich right now ...
ReplyDeleteOK ... good ... time to give the 3-year-old a bath and quit this foolishness.
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