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Dave Alvin
- Record Label: Hightone
- Release Date: Aug 15, 2000
- Summary: Former Blaster Dave Alvin offers an album of traditional American music (each song having passed into the public domain).
- Record Label: Hightone
- Genre(s): Rock, Country, Americana
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Top Track
| A Short Life of Trouble | |
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| A short life of trouble, little girl A few more words, then part A short life of trouble, little girl For a boy with a broken heart Remember that... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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MojoOften he sings with a richness, depth and conviction worthy of Johnny Cash. [Jan 2001, p.98]
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Dave Alvin brings an authentic voice and extraordinary understanding to his chosen tracks.... This is the work of a scholar as well as a master craftsman.
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As always, Alvin's guitar work is wonderfully supple and emotive, and stands out as the centerpiece of his arrangements. But, even more gratifying, a decade after leaving the Blasters, in which his brother Phil handled the vocal duties, Alvin has finally found his voice as a singer.
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He takes on the American songbook to stirring effect-often without relying on traditional arrangements.
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The resonant and smooth singing takes some getting used to if you're familiar with earlier, craggier, quirkier recordings, but by the gallant train-wreck tragedy of "Engine 143", I found myself singing along.
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Alvin injects these historic tunes with his own modern flavoring that keeps them fresh in light of their aging repose.
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It's not that these songs are all obvious or overdone--this nonfolkie had never heard a few of them. It's that they're so soft they squish even when Alvin tries to rev one past you, which usually he doesn't.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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jerrybFeb 28, 2007
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HeinApr 30, 2006Good record and a great live preformance
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