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Phil Lee Is The Real Thing

Gavin B. | St. Louis MO | 11/10/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Phil Lee looks like he could be Greg Allman's doppleganger and been on the fringes of the roots music forever. He played drums in 1971 in a band with aspiring actress Beverly D'Angelo; drove a truck for Neil Young; did sountrack work with Jack Neitzche; and played in a resurected edition of the Flying Burrito Brothers. At age 49, the East Nashville renegade has finally released an album that will send roots music posuers like Ryan Adams running for cover. Phil and guitarist Keith Taylor trade blazing guitar salvos that invite comparisons to the Rolling Stones but reaches further back to rockabilly pickers like Carl Perkins. The songwritting on "Mighty King of Love" sounds like it could be outtakes from Dylan's "Blood On the Tracks" or Hiatt's "Slow Turning." "Mighty King of Love" made my best of 2000 list and his equally stong "You Should Have Known Me Then" made my best of 2001 list. If you are a collector of roots music, your collection is not complete without both these fine CDs."

Phil Rocks

Woody | Charlotte,NC | 08/31/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've seen Phil live many times. He's a great showman and that has come through on this cd. The clever lines, full of fun and often irony always make me smile. Les Debris Ils Son Blanc slays me the most, The trash it is white, too funny. I'm Still Missing You breaks my heart. The line in Last Year " you're still a queen, i'm still a salt sucking dog", I mean doesn't that tell ya about love gone awry. The line there too of "now you regard me through narrowed eyelids" describes how we look at all past loves. Phil says it, sings it, brings it home...sometimes funny sometimes heartbreakingly so. Been a fan for years, can't wait for the next cd. By the way Phil, I still Like Women too.(I Like Women's one of Phil's songs, maybe we'll see it on a cd one day, otherwise go to a show)"