[2013] The Low Highway FLAC}

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Artist: Steve Earle The Dukes (And Duchesses)
Release: The Low Highway
Discogs: 4436996
Released: 2013
Label: New West Records
Catalog#: NWA3064
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue / CD
Country: US
Style: Rock, Folk, World, Country,

Tracklisting:

01. The Low Highway (4:01)
02. Calico County (3:01)
03. Burnin It Down (2:57)
04. That All You Got? (3:00)
05. Loves Gonna Blow My Way (2:49)
06. After Mardi Gras (4:06)
07. Pocket Full Of Rain (3:13)
08. Invisible (4:21)
09. Warren Hellmans Banjo (1:46)
10. Down The Road Pt II (2:36)
11. 21st Century Blues (3:38)
12. Remember Me (4:35)


I wait for new Steve Earle albums now the same way I used to wait for a new Grateful Dead studio album. With great anticipation, knowing that whatever I get will be special. And to clear up the mistake in the title of this post, its not Steve Earle; its Steve Earle and The Dukes ( Duchesses). So on this bright and sunny day in the Hudson Valley, just a week since my friend Larry was murdered and a week from when Ill begin working again after two and a half years on the bread line, Im sitting here listening to The Low Highway. The phrase of comfort and joy comes to mind. Join me as I listen and scribe what comes to mind, and sprinkle in some facts and maybe some lies here and there.

The Low Highway: Starts with just his guitar. You think itll be a Woodys Children tune but it slides into a country vibe, with pedal steel. Beautiful poetry in these lyrics.
Calico County: The band is playing in the pocket, sort of a blues and boogie riff. Steve is as much reciting as singing, reminding me of a Dylan track or two backed by Little Feat.
Burnin It Down: I know this song. Think he might have played it a few months ago when I saw him in Jersey. Could easily be one of the three tracks on the album that were first heard on Treme, but its not.
That All You Got?: Now this one is a Cajun romp and does come from Treme, but it was originally performed on the show by Lucia Micarelli with the Red Stick Ramblers. This is a duet and I cant tell if its Lucia or Allison singin with him.
Loves Gonna Blow My Way: Old time blues pickin kicks it off, little fiddlin at first, that keeps building up. Co-written by Micarelli and featured on Treme as was After Mardi Gras which is coming up next. Lucia...is that you playing here?
After Mardi Gras: Full band playin and its a mid-tempo story. Not what youd expect from a song with Mardi Gras in the title, and I cant recall hearing it on the program. The fiddle comes in again...but no brass band. Almost sounds like a feel good song....hell, it is.
Pocket Full Of Rain: Not sure what to make of this one. Piano based. Got a lil Tom Waits on a good day feel to it.
Invisible: Been watching the video on this one for a few weeks now. This is, if there is such a thing, a classic modern-day NYC Earle track. Despite the light touch of the pedal steel, its a city song.
Warren Hellmans Banjo: An homage to the man who founded the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in SF. Deep Irish roots on the banjo and fiddle interplay. Too short...wish he stretched it.
Down The Road Pt. II: Stayin with the bluegrass vibe, singin with that Texas accent. Mixes in a little electric guitar for a sec. Now a dancehall feel closes it out.

21st Century Blues: Opening guitar riff reminds me of the Easybeats Friday On My Mind. Singing about technology and the economy...mentions the age of Aquarius and apocalypse.

Remember Me: His voice is in that twisted and grizzled mode youve heard before, deep Texan. Guitar sounds like a 1930s Martin with rusted strings like its been sittin in the corner waiting for this song to be written. Band comes in after awhile, light dirge drum, wailin steel. Saved the best for the closer. This is why I love Earle.

Earle states in the album liner notes, Ive been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now and I never get tired of the view. Ive seen a pretty good chunk of the world and my well-worn passport is one of my most prized possessions, but for me, theres still nothing like the first night of a North American tour; everybody, band and crew, crowded up in the front lounge, eating Nashville hot chicken and Betty Herberts homemade pimento cheese, swapping the same tired old war stories half shouted over the rattle and hum of the highway. And Im always the last one to holler good night to Charlie Quick, the driver, and climb in my bunk because to me it feels like Christmas Eve long ago when I still believed in Santa Claus. God I love this.

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