Artist: Kevn Kinney & The Golden Palaminos
Album: A Good Country Mile
Bitrate: 259kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Redeye
Genre: Rock
Size: 115.59 megs
PlayTime: 0h 59min 14sec total
Rip Date: 2012-02-27
Store Date: 2012-02-24
Track List:
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01. Never Gonna Change 5:11
02. Gotta Move On (Again) 3:51
03. Challenge 5:54
04. Hurricane 3:59
05. Wild Dog Moon Pt. 2 5:31
06. A Good Country Mile 9:46
07. Set In Stone 4:18
08. Bird 9:09
09. In The Land (Of Things That 6:02
Used To Be)
10. Southwestern State 5:33
Release Notes:
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The opening to ôNever Gonna Change,ö with its harmonica calling like a name in
the wind, recalls Blind Melon until Kevn Kinney starts singing; at that point
something that may sound like DrivinÆ N CryinÆ cries out with the stylish
amplification of a megaphone to the senses. To describe A Good Country Mile as
either country or folk music does this album a disservice, but itÆs not what one
would expect from a rock record either. Kinney may be best recognized from his
Atlanta-based rock band DrivinÆ N CryinÆ, but this collaboration with longtime
friend Anton Fier (The Golden Palominos) grew out of numerous jam sessions in a
smoke-filled, coffee-stained New York basement to feature new Kinney originals,
covers of a couple much-beloved tunes, and a handful of fresh takes on vintage
Kinney and DrivinÆ N CryinÆ material. The basic tracks were recorded at Martin
BisiÆs BC Studio in Brooklyn, overdubs and mixing were done at One East
Recording with Fier producing.
This is not the first solo album of KinneyÆs; it is only the first solo album
since 2004Æs Sun Tangled Angel Revival. Nor is this the first time Kinney worked
with Fier or used the name Golden Palominos; the 1996 release Dead Inside
covered ground with the Golden Palominos, and Fier played drums on and produced
DrivinÆ N CryinÆs 1987 release Whisper Tames the Lion. The friends fired up
their connection when Fier produced the 2009 DrivinÆ N CryinÆ release Whatever
Happened to the Great American Bubble Factory.
Fans that have never dug deeply into DrivinÆ N CryinÆ or for those who may have
felt put-off by genre descriptions including words like ôfolk,ö ôharmonica,ö or
ôAtlanta,ö take heart in the fact that while many countrified elements exist on
the album, the songs exhibit an energy like fire that can either smolder softly
or blaze brightly.
The much more guitar-inspired work of songs like ôWild Dog Moon Pt. 2ö calls out
as more of a departure from previous folk-flavored work by Kinney, and the album
includes appearances by featured musicians Chris Masterson, Jim Campilongo, Andy
Hess, Tony Scherr, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jon Cowherd, Eleanor Masterson, Leslie
Mendelson and Lianne Smith.
The title track tones the release like a Valium and quiets the mood like a folk
song at a campfire. The descriptions of seeing lights from a house on a hill
with a white picket fence fit so well in distancing the narrator from heaven.
The simply stated line, ôYou know, IÆm just outside of heaven; about a good
country mile,ö really adds a melodic peace to tying together the songs on the
album. Fans of old-fashioned country and folk will find a hometown hit in this
song, but so will fans of vocals with just a touch of saddened angst.
Finally, the closing track, ôSouthwestern State,ö deserves individual attention
because, once again, listeners easily match both the mood and the vocals to
DrivinÆ N CryinÆ but those who havenÆt heard the band will fall in love with the
melodies, the guitar riffs, and the simple idea stated in the question, ôHave I
broke all the rules that I madeà?ö The guitar solo melts like butter over this
line, truly calling to both the emotions as well as the sense of rhythm enjoyed
in all music..a