What Ails You
Self-released
Poco meets Pink Floyd?
El Capitan, a San Francisco-based group of modern-day space cowboys, are on to something. After all, David Gilmour used a pedal steel on “Dark Side of the Moon’s” opener, “Breathe.”
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A Case for Case:
Various Artists
A Case for Case:
A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case
Hungry for Music
The sheer size of this tribute speaks volumes (three, to be exact) about the peer recognition troubadour Case has.
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Lee Rocker
Racin’ the Devil
Alligator
Rocker has been putting out solo albums since 1994. For his fifth studio release, the former Stray Cat has gathered nine originals (including a bluesy remake of his post-Stray Cats band Phantom, Rocker and Slick’s “Runnin’ From the Hounds”) and three covers (Quentin Jones‘ “The Girl From Hell,” Carl Perkins’ “Say When” and the Stray Cats’ biggest hit, Brian Setzer’s “Rock This Town”).
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Bobby Bare
The Moon Was Blue
Dualtone
When Bare slowly croons “Are you sincere?” during the opening bars of his first album in 22 years, he leaves no doubt as to his own sincerity. His slightly raspy but still intact baritone cuts clean through the low tremolo of an electric guitar that lays like a blanket over a strummed acoustic, before being joined by the tandem tinkling of piano and not-too-retro keyboard that culminate in a Roy-Orbison-esque chorus, complete with female backup singers and strings. And what’s that toward the end — a musical saw or maybe someone whistling?
