Though he's plowed roughly the same furrow for more than 20 years, Bill Kirchen's brand of dieselbilly/high-octane country has yet to grow stale. Here, with the same rhythm section from 1999's Raise Up a Ruckus, he offers another set of choice covers and a handful of originals. Red Simpson's forlorn ballad "Roll Truck Roll" and Blackie Farrell's "One More Hour of Blues" are vintage Bakersfield country and, oddly enough, fit perfectly well with a straight reading of Dylan's {&"...   [ read more ]

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Since his early days as a member of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Bill Kirchen has distinguished himself as a showman of the highest order. This, his first live solo recording, captures the vivacious presence of the man who is without a doubt one of the true fathers of the country-rock movement. His significance to country-rock and American roots music was obvious early on; after 30-plus years in the business, his influence can be found in the work of Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello,...   [ read more ]

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Ever since his early days with Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen in the 1960s, Bill Kirchen has been preaching the gospel of truck-driving music, and picking up a storm on his battered vintage Fender Telecaster while he's been doing it. Kirchen cut five fine albums of witty but potent honky tonk and rockabilly for the Hightone label between 1997 and 2002 (including the live album from his tour with the Twangbangers), and this compilation culls ten songs from four of those discs (...   [ read more ]

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