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- (Dualtone)
I wondered what would happen to BR549 after the departures of Gary Bennett
and Jay McDowell, and now I know: they're a much better band. Chris
Scruggs and former Seattleite Geoff Firebaugh have fit right in, and Chuck
Mead's turning into one mighty fine songwriter, focusing on working-class
struggles, while also honestly tackling the band's own hardships and
limitations through the years. Tangled In the Pines sticks to their strengths: honky tonk and rockabilly,
and delivers from beginning to end. While the sound's still pretty
traditional, they've continued to move beyond the campy retro shtick that
made some of their earlier stuff a little emotionally lightweight. When
the new album rocks (which is does quite a bit), it rocks something fierce
-- the guitar parts in particularly have some of the rawest, dirtiest
tones to ever grace a BR549 record. Scruggs is one monster guitarist, and
also a fine songwriter in his own right. My favorite BR549 album to date.
4/8/2004
- Don Slack
