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Ed Pettersen
New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen (Dig)
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Gather The Family 'Round
2. Jimmy Parker
3. Tabitha
4. Burning Up
5. Been There Before
6. Chelsea
7. Magic Glasses
8. June 1945
9. I'm Not Coming Down
10. $500 Car
11. Top Ten
12. Baghdad

CD Details

All Artists: Ed Pettersen
Title: New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen (Dig)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Split Rock Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 1/23/2007
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 600793160518

Synopsis

Amazon.com

The Nashville indie veteran shows a songwriting range beyond this release's (inscrutable?) title with 12 cuts that include acoustic folk, propulsive rock, and topical commentary. His collaboration with Scott Kempner (formerly of the Dictators and Del-Lords) on "Gather the Family 'Round" provides the album with a populist opening anthem, while the later "Top Ten" finds Pettersen paying tribute to Kempner's influence. While the stripped-down acoustic intimacy of "Burning Up" shows the songwriter's confessional side, he's as easily adept at stepping into a character, assuming the perspective of a missing girl in "Tabitha" and of a soldier taking the long way home from the war in "June 1945." Both "Jimmy Parker" and "I'm Not Coming Down" benefit from a rough-hewn dynamic reminiscent of Neil Young's music with Crazy Horse. And as the slide guitar that drives "$500 Car" attests, Pettersen even incorporates a bit of the (non-punk) blues into his sound. --Don McLeese

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CD Reviews

CD review of "The New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen" from Count

Country Standard Time | Newton Centre, MA | 01/23/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ed Pettersen delivers a solid collection of folk ballads ("June, 1945," "Chelsea"), rockers ("Top Ten") and country blues ("Johnny Parker"). With solid support that includes Reggie Young (guitar) and Al Perkins (steel), Pettersen is thoroughly enjoyable."