Some musicians by no means launch a single psychedelic banjo tune. It took singer-songwriter Dickie Lee Erwin 45 years to do it, after which he put 4 of them on one album. Erwin, 70, is a kind of musician lifers who’s by no means discovered fame – however nonetheless wakes up day-after-day and writes a track or books a gig. He has at all times sounded old-fashioned (fiddles and Dobros, melodies from the mountains, twangy electrical guitars, choogling nation rhythms) and appeared that means too, like a pleasant rural sheriff enjoying the guitar. Snake Doctor, his eleventh album, veers off to provide his rootsy tracks a brand new pop shimmer and layered vibe courtesy of co-producer Rob Halverson, a fan of random and located sounds. Find loads of reverb-soaked guitars, quirky preparations, and stable songs like “Highway 62,” which resembles an outtake from Neil Young’s Harvest Moon. The largest surprises are the banjo grooves like “Space Miner Moonshiner” and “Psychedelic Summer,” which relies round a observe performed by James Brown’s old drummer Clyde Stubblefield and recorded by Butch Vig when these two – in addition to Halverson – lived in Madison, Wisconsin. From pleased collaborations like these comes nice artwork, and funky tunes.
Dickie Lee Erwin
Snake Doctor
