Reviews by jander

Cowboy Junkies were part of the soundtrack of my 20’s, so I have a soft spot for this album. Mix of great original music (“Misguided Angel”) and great covers (“Sweet Jane”)

Sam Cooke has always seemed a bit tame to me, but this performance brings a raw, rebellious energy. I wish I was there. Loved “Feel it (Don’t Fight it)”.

Starts out lightly funky, then gets more soft jazzy R&B

Wears his influences on his sleeve, especially Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt, without sounding derivative.

Country/bluegrass fusion, lots of live-instudio energy

A few bangers, a few wannabe bangers that don’t quite make it.

Interesting, but sounds a bit dated.

Wall of sound Xmas, pretty much what one would expect. Mostly familiar arrangements with a few less familiar.

Great songs with a couple of oddities I had not heard before.

Only nitpick with this album is that some of the songs come across as musically repetitive, and it’s hard not to compare with other Dylan albums.

Amazing vocals, improvisation that just flows, really an amazing performance. However that sort of 1950’s skiddlybop jazzy lounge music is not really my favorite thing.

I enjoyed the well know hits from this album, but the rest was sort of meh.