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

     
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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

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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 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."