I only heard of him recently myself, but was impressed with what I heard. Reminiscent, to me, of early Joe Jackson/Graham Parker. In a similar vein, an artist named John Vanderslice is also worth checking out. I'd call both Ted and John 'hard-edged pop.' See what you think. A On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 BarelyPink@aol.com wrote: > I caught the Ted Leo performance on Conan last night and was blown away! Great band! Great tune! I had never heard him before. Does anybody on the list own a CD of theirs? How is it? > > Thanks, > Brian >