John Wayne Army, Closing time at the last chance saloon (Calavera)
CD
This album is a soundtrack to not one, but several, films. It's Nick
Cave driving a pick-up across dusty Mid-America, eating burgers in
greasy diners and drinking Bud and Jack in run-down cowshed Blues
bars. On the other hand, it's also John Spencer driving a Transit
around the Camden back streets, eating burgers in greasy Burger Kings
and drinking Thunderbird in the back rooms of countless dirty pubs. In
fact, it's both of these and more. JWA inhabit the same grimy suburbs
of Rock as the likes of Groop Dogdrill and the Blues Explosion;
rockabilly meets thick distortion r'n'b with a crunchy tribal
topping. Where they score over the others is the change of pace in
slower, but intense, songs like "Build my gallows high" that trade
male and female vocal parts for the extra dimension. 112 Stanway Court
London N1 6RU or www.calavera.demon.co.uk
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