Artist: Peter Case
Album: HWY 62
Bitrate: 233kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Omnivore
Genre: Rock
Size: 75.75 megs
PlayTime: 0h 42min 33sec total
Rip Date: 2016-01-22
Store Date: 2015-10-30
Track List:
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01. Pelican Bay 3:56
02. Waiting On A Plane 4:24
03. New Mexico 3:52
04. Water From A Stone 4:29
05. All Dressed Up (For Trial) 3:34
06. If I Go Crazy 5:06
07. The Long Good Time 4:09
08. Evicted 3:58
09. Long Time Gone 4:30
10. Bluebells 3:30
11. HWY 62 1:05
Release Notes:
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Depending on which album you pick up, Peter Case can be a hard-edged rocker, a
contemplative folkie, or a singer and songwriter with his heart in the blues,
and there's a little bit of all three men on 2015's HWY 62, Case's first studio
album since 2010's Wig. While HWY 62's arrangements are largely acoustic, this
album is quiet like a 3 a.m. jam session, with a low decibel count but plenty of
emotional intensity, and Case's vocals are all subtle fire on these sessions,
passionate and with plenty to say even when he whispers. HWY 62 also finds Case
with plenty on his mind about American life in the 21st century, and this album
is full of tales of justice denied, from the tales of the American prison
complex on "Pelican Bay" and one man's struggles against the judicial system on
"All Dressed Up (For Trial)," to the stacked deck of income inequality of "Water
from a Stone" and "Evicted," and Case is canny enough to sound fully committed
without seeming like he's one more ranting protest singer. In his songs, Case
makes his characters sound flawed but human, and he's more a vivid storyteller
than someone mounting a soapbox, a guy who understands the ups and downs of
human nature but has a hard time with needless cruelty even as he's trying to
forgive. (His songs about love and various unusual folks he's encountered in his
travels connect solidly, too.) Case and his producer Sheldon Gomberg have
assembled a great band for these sessions, featuring Ben Harper on lead and
slide guitar, David Carpenter on bass, and D.J. Bonebrake on the drums, and they
give the music a rich, smoky feel that suits this material beautifully. And
whoever persuaded Case to cover Bob Dylan's "Long Time Gone" deserves a free
lunch with a large order of fries. HWY 62 finds Peter Case rockin' the blues a
little bit and singing with serious heart, soul, and wisdom all the time, and
nearly three decades into his solo career he remains one of our best and most
compelling singer/songwriters, with this album as proof.