Good morning, music fans. I know 8 p.m. feels like it's half a day away. Who knows what you'll be in the mood for this evening, right? Maybe you'll be in the mood for trad-country-infused, boogie woogie honky-tonk music, with Telecaster riffs and shuffles for days. Or maybe you'll be in the mood for mellow, trip-hop-infused stoner electro-pop from dudes who sit cross-legged on the floor and expand your mind. I guess it all depends on whether or not your boss yells at you today, am I right? Well, we've got words from a couple of music critics who both know what they're talking about, so we'll start you off with
some pickage courtesy of Edd Hurt:
Kenny Vaughan is a great sideman — an accomplished guitarist with a subtly trenchant style. A well-traveled session player, Vaughan has gained fame as a member of Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives, and his new full-length V is a sideman’s honorable solo effort. Without much of a voice, Vaughan eases his way through some unassuming originals and a handful of instrumentals. “The Things I Do” rocks along in a country-meets-Beatles power-pop vein — NRBQ should cover it. Elsewhere, the greasy “Don’t Leave Home Without Jesus” suggests Vaughan has been listening to The 5 Royales during off hours, while “Mysterium” is a pastiche of ’60s soundtrack music. V is a half-hour that makes a case for the virtues of an ordinary man, his trusty Telecaster and his good woman, in that order — Vaughan even mentions women who garden in two songs. Maybe she’s got a Telecaster as well. —EDD HURT
Fair enough, Mr. Hurt. If we could embed video clips in the newspaper, we probably would have thrown in
this video of Kenny Vaughan taking the lead on The Marty Stuart Show. According to
his Facebook page, "Cousin" Kenny will play his release show at Ernest Tubb around 8, and he'll head over to play Full Moon Saloon at 10.
Moving on, let's see what M.T. Richards has to say about Black Moth Super Rainbow in his Critic's Pick:
