Midnight Souvenirs--Peter Wolf--The former J. Geils frontman is working hard for the money. This is a finely crafted recording that shows, despite decades on stage and in the studio, the Wolfa Guffa Mamma Tuffa still cares. For example: he wrote more than half the tracks with song doctor Will Jennings--which may bother some purists (Hell, Jennings wrote with freakin' Barry Manilow! But, hey, with Clapton too.) I suspect he wanted the best and was willing to bring in the talent. It paid off--the tunes are the absolute bedrock of this CD.
Lots of Narrows connections, including a duet with Narrows alum Shelby Lynne on the opener, "Tragedy" (the photo was taken of Wolf at the Narrows' Shelby Lynne concert in November, 2008); Narrows alums Kris Delmhorst and Catherine Russell sing back up, and the CD was co-produced by Kenny White, who's performed at the Narrows as Cheryl Wheeler's pianist. And Narrows fave Chuck Prophet helped in the writing chores for "Overnight Lows," lest I forget.
Midnight Souvenirs deserves the light of day. Nice job.
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