1. Long Gone
2. Shreveport
3. I Can't Go Back
4. Ex Husbands
5. Tell Me Why
6. Crazy Eyes
7. Live Like Your Dyin'
8. Rocks In My Pillow
9. Wichita
10. Lightnin'
11. I Can't Go Back (Radio Edit)
“Viet-Nashville,” one of Houston Marchman’s earliest tunes, is a searing indictment of the corporate bottom-line approach of Nashville music executives.
Needless to say, Marchman follows his own dust-blown muses these days. He calls his music “grunge country.” In other words, it’s a swampy mix of Texas country, blues and rock ‘n’ roll.
There’s a quote on his Web page from Ray Wylie Hubbard that says Marchman’s music is “righteously cool.” I won’t argue with that. In fact, Marchman’s music sounds a bit like Hubbard’s, and that’s about as cool as you can get.
Songs from “Long Gone” such as “Shreveport,” “Ex Husbands” and “I Can’t Go Back” illustrate that Marchman has joined Billy Joe Shaver, Lucinda Williams and Willie Nelson as one of the best songwriters in Texas. Bluesy rockers such as “Lightnin’” and “Rocks in My Pillow” illustrate just how badly Nashville screwed up by refusing to embrace Marchman’s music.
“Long Gone” probably won’t make many critics’ best albums of the year lists, but you can bet it belongs on them.
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Post je objavljen 03.08.2009. u 14:08 sati.