There are obvious signs of civilization out in the desert! Here’s something right from the beautiful Lahontan Valley in Nevada. Kirk Robertson did a review of GRAPEFRUIT MOON for the “Lahontan Valley News”:
While recently many folks have covered Waits’ music — ranging from the successful such as Holly Cole, to the ludicrous such as Scarlet Johansson — this is one of best salutes, enhanced not by the Jukes, but rather by Richard LaBamba Rosenberg’s big band settings, which are a real plus. (…)
He (Southside Johnny) has a years-on-the-road bar band voice — which while not quite a true junkyard razor-wire Waits-ian growl, does lend authenticity to the interpretations; and when Waits joins him for a duet on “Walk Away,” it sounds like the two of them have been trading lyrics in the back of some old-time, back-of-beyond, railroad bar for a long, long time.
Read the full review at: THE LAHONTAN VALLEY NEWS
There’s some fabulous bar joints up and down the dirt roads in Nevada – I’d always like to see the Jukes in such a setting. But imagining a Big-Band show at Cesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV that’s my favourite of the moment… anyone like to join me?
