Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I’d never heard of these guys until my buddy Kevan (yes him again) played them on his excellent radio show. Wow. What’s not to like. Country soul. Great playing, great songs, checked shirts, pedal steel, and Chris Gaffney’s sweet as honey voice. I couldn’t believe I’d never heard of these guys – and that a band like this still existed. Of course with my wacky travel schedule I kept missing them in LA and then Gaffney died. So the tribute album turns up and what a treat. Los Lobos never sounded better, Joe Ely, Alvin, all the good guys. And Boz Scaggs doing a terrific song called Midnite Dream. He’s never sounded so good. So here’s all you need to do,,,go find the older Hacienda Brothers albums – I have some live tapes from somewhere that are great too, and go buy the tribute album. These really were the good guys – and you need to hear them.
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