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 JeanneANDREW ANDERSON
As Long As This Thing's Flyin'
Golden Smog
Blood on the Slacks
JAY FARRAR/BENJAMIN GIBBARD
One Fast Move or I'm Gone
KATHY MATTEA
Coal
OTIS GIBBS
Grandpa Walked a Picketline
LYLE LOVETT
RELEASE ME
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