Artist : John Hiatt
Title : Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
Release Date : 16 August 2011
Available In : CD, Vinyl, MP3-download
Genre : Folk-Blues; Americana
Santa brought me this CD for Christmas, but I just got around to listening to it now (I got lots of music over the holidays), and it is fantastic. Of course, I say that about all John Hiatt albums.
He still has his gravelly voice; and he's still writing powerful songs about the Common Man in America. The opening track, Damn This Town, very much catches the feel of living in a small town. Other tracks that I really liked : Adios To California; When New York Had Her Heart Broke (about 9-11); and Til I Get My Lovin' Back. But frankly, there are no weak tracks; this is good from start to finish.
The CD comes with a DVD about making this album, but I haven't watched it yet. I discovered today that I can play DVD's at work, but it would have to be during lunch, and that's my reading time.
If you're a fan of (the late) John Stewart, or Bruce Springsteen since he's re-defined hinself as a folk-singer, you're going to like John Hiatt. Mosey on over to YouTube and check him out.
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