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The Clarion
Thrift Store Music Reviews
Editor's note: Periodicallv we will
Editor s note: Periodically we will
print reviews of cassettes from the thrift
store bin. We invite readers to contrib
ute: the only criteria is that the music in
question must be under a dollar from a
thrift store.
by Joel Graham
Staff Writer / Photographer
This week’s threesome paclcs some
horse-power...
Big Block Dodge : Manifold Destiny
(Groosion Records 2002) ****
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What a find this one was! The
fellows of BBD put out an instrumental
‘lire screeacher” with this one. Can’t
say for sure if these are all locals, but this
album was recorded over in that town
called Hendersonville, just down the road.
With Jefr Hinkle on Bass, Billy
Altman on guitar(s), and good ol’ boy
Robin Tolleson bang’n the drums.
Manifold Destiny, is a groover among
groovers. The tracks titled,
Tour de Pance. and Lyle's house of
III. will be listed as favorites, but the
whole thing is a sure bet for your next
loafing session. Watch for a re-appear-
ance of BBD in a music house near you. I
give this one 4 shiners.
Cowboy Junkies: Pale Sun, Crescent
Moon
(RCA Records 1993) ****
I’m still, and always will be, in love
with CJ’s vocalist, Margo Timmins. 1 saw
this band way back when the second
album was released. The Trinity Sessions.
which was a late night soundtrack of
sorts for many years. This one. Pale Sun,
Crescent Moon, is also an essential for
the mellow category in your collection.
Ms. Timmin’s beautifully haunting voice
can make even death and despair sound
intoxicatingly sexy. The song. First
Recollection, is an excellent example of
this. The line, "the son must bear the
burdens of the father, but it's the daugh
ter who s left to clean up the mess ” as
you can hear, has some personal meaning
to her. And in the song. Pale Sun, she is
singing about the ongoing friction
between the white man and the Native
American, with the line; "Old rusted pick
up and a mad dog in the yard, purple
paint peels but fails to reveal the
bitterness that grows inside. ” To hear
this in the context of the rest of the song,
and the rest of the album for that matter,
you quickly learn that the Canadian bom,
singer/songwriter team, Margo and
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brother Michael, have a complex under
standing of life and the lives of others.
A classic in my book, this is an
album to hear, study, and think about.
Another 4 stellar, starlit, stars.
The Essential, Billie Holiday
(Verve Records, 1992)
This is a compilation of 16 greatest
songs by Billie Holiday, an American
icon. What can be said about one of the
all time great singers? Bobby Short puts
it this way, “ They want to think of her
as always half conked-out and singing
the blues about ‘My man done left me!
Sometimes she was singing about 'I ’m
gonna leave my man! ’ It s nice to
remember that she had a good time when
she was singing. ” The sounds of older R
& B women have paved the way for
today’s singers. We will always remember
Billie Holiday, as a gift to bluesy, soulful,
passionate, music. Favorite track: Good
morning Heartache, a Saturday morning
kind of song. Stars...( many, many...)
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