Artist: John Paul Keith
Album: Memphis Circa 3AM
Bitrate: 244kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Big Legal Mess / Fat Possum
Genre: Rock
Size: 63.35 megs
PlayTime: 0h 34min 12sec total
Rip Date: 2013-09-21
Store Date: 2013-09-20
Track List:
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01. You Really Oughta Be With Me 2:35
02. We Got All Night 3:49
03. Everything's Different Now 2:35
04. Ninety Proof Kiss 2:14
05. walking Along The Lane 2:45
06. True Hard Money 2:39
07. New Year's Eve 3:20
08. There's A Heartache Going 2:40
'Round
09. If You Catch Me Staring 2:49
10. Last Night I Had A Dream About 2:24
You
11. She's Almost You 2:34
12. Baby We're A Bad Idea 3:48
Release Notes:
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It may have taken Elvis Presley to combine the various strains of sounds that
encompass MemphisÆ vibrant music scene and unleash the result to an unsuspecting
world, but people like John Paul Keith keep that spirit alive. As its title
implies, this is very much a Memphis infused set. The dozen songs comprise
KeithÆs third album, a continuation of sorts from the spirit of 2011Æs similarly
themed The Man that Time Forgot.
There are musical parallels to everyone from the Beatles, to Nick Lowe, the
Mavericks and Marshall Crenshaw in the sheer joyful melodic pop that Keith and
his One Four Fives band deliver in these tightly knit, tautly constructed tunes.
But a closer cousin to this confident confluence of country, rockabilly, R&B and
pop is Arthur Alexander whose lovely, compactly crafted tales of lost and found
love seem to be the blocks that support KeithÆs related approach.
Whether itÆs the bar room twang of ô90 Proof Kissö with wonderfully detailed
lyrics such as ôno one ever looked finer/still wearing last nightÆs eyelinerö to
the reflective soul/blues of ôNew YearÆs Eve,ö a somber look at the depressing
qualities of its titular night (ôwhy canÆt those hands spin the other way
around?ö), Keith tells his stories with melodies that feel like instant,
timeless classics.
Recorded live to two inch tape by noted Memphis producer and Sun guitarist
Roland Janes, these tunes crackle with life, even in their most melancholy
moments such as the reflective, lost love lament of ôSheÆs Almost You.ö The
Chris Isaac feel of ôBaby WeÆre a Bad Ideaö brings subtle surf and rollicking
garage into the vibrant equation. KeithÆs energetic, boyish voice tops
everything off with effortless, spontaneous sparks.
The discÆs 34 minutes fly by in what seems like half that, leaving the listener
to hit play again while waiting another 18 months for the next dozen or so gems
in John Paul KeithÆs musical catalog to take shape.