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| From | Mike Gladish <mgladish@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Tommy Keene |
| Date | Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:51:15 -0400 |
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Out of town on a business trip and don't have the disk with me, but
preordered it and even picked up the vinyl (have to buy at least one
LP a year, you know). Been listening it to a few weeks now and I'm
truly impressed by the consistent quality TK puts into his disks. As
the kiss of death for the CD, I'd say it's another solid, consistent
effort. Some people call that, "more of the same". I'll send another
note when I get home - also, he's playing in Cleveland next Tuesday,
so I'll report back on the show for the three people who care.
From memory, the disk leads off with Deep Six Saturday, a hard-edged
track similar in texture to Going Out Again or Long Time Missing (as a
riff-tastic lead off track). As a changeup, he adds horns to the
latter half of the track, which work well. Always hoped his
association with Bob Pollard would carry forward, with more
experimentation, just more "letting loose" - the guy has a ton of
talent, I always hoped he would crank out the tunes and let us sort
through everything in GBV style. Hopefully he gets together with BP
on another project. Free download from his site:
http://www.tommykeene.com/
Already Made Up Your Mind follows - mid tempo, jangly, classic Keene.
The title cut comes in third - darker, moody, brooding, but a good
fire burning within. Worthy of the title cut moniker. Nowhere Drag
follows, available free from Amazon.com, if you are so inclined:
http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Parade-Tommy-Keene/dp/B005CAAUIK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315444778&sr=1-1
And I lied, I'm using Amazon as a reminder (song snippets, you know).
At 53 years old, did you possibly think I could remember song titles
after having a CD for a few weeks? Stephen Tyler says, "Dream On!"
BTW, ran into ST at the Safeway in Maui earlier this year. The guy
looks great in person, sans makeup! With a hot babe, of course. I
shot a quick video as proof and he gave me the finger - classic rock
lives on! If he only knew I was still playing bootlegs from their
first and second tour on my MP3 player, he would has kissed my
"Jesuit-school-not-to-be-named-ring".
Track 5 clocks in at almost 6 minutes - "La Castana" is a moody,
atmospheric instrumental piece that could have fit into a soundtrack
from a cheesy Italian spaghetti western back in the day. I DID say I
wanted TK to experiment - I got my wish. I like it.
Track 6 - Running For Your Life - my favorite track on the disk -
ringing guitars, great melody, fits well into my "Best of TK" 6-disk
set I'm compiling. Also a free download from his site:
http://www.tommykeene.com/
Next is the Long Goodbye - mid tempo. Followed by Factory Town - a
little more uptempo, yet still has that sad, yearning feel to it -
something that TK has perfected/mastered. Track 9, His Mother's Son,
and track 10, Lies in My Heart, I can honestly say that I haven't
digested the end of the disk yet. Both sound excellent, tho.
Summing up, another solid disk that's a great play-through disk, start
to finish. If you're so inclined, download the free tracks and it you
are MORE inclined, support the guy with a few $$$ for his disk. Hope
that helps out for those of you on the fence - over and out from
Pittsburgh. Mike G.
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