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***1/2 Wayne Hancock
THUNDERSTORMS AND NEON SIGNS
(Dejadisc)
"I'm gonna go juke-joint jumpin'!", Wayne "The Train" shouts to open his staunchly
retro honky-tonk debut. You'd think that the past 40 years of corporate
Nashville country had never occurred. But forget about nostalgic social
commentary and soul searching. Hancock writes rip-snortin' good-time
Saturday-night party music as wide open as Texas.
Movin' is Wayne's muse. Nasal-voiced "Locomotive Joe" has train-rhythm guitar
and a diesel-whistle trombone shot. On "Double-A Daddy," Alcoholics Anonymous
member Hancock promises to drive for his drinking pals. Adamantly acoustic
production features guitar, bass, and jaunty pedal steel plus a bit of New
Orleans-like clarinet. No overdubs here. Drums? Wayne needs drums as little as
Morphine need a guitar. This CD's so bouncy even its blues are upbeat. The
spirit of Lefty Frizzell lives on.
-- Bruce Sylvester
(Wayne Hancock plays the Big Easy Bash in Escoheag, Rhode Island,
this Saturday, June 29. Call 401-351-6312.)
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