Old Angel, the latest project from the Lost Dogs (Terry Taylor, Mike Roe, Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong) is a 15-song audio travelogue of the group's pilgrimage down Route 66— and may very well be their crowning achievement. Every song on this new record is a snapshot out the RV window. Some are blurry, some are faded, but all bear the yellowed patina of something like grace.
A wide-ranging musical palette of muscular modern rock tinged with old-timey Americana flavors reflects the ever-changing landscape as we tour the broken heartland with four master musicians and storytellers. The superlative songwriting from all four members, at times bordering on literature, covers an expansive time frame of American history from the Old West through the Great Depression to the day before yesterday. We are introduced to a diverse congregation of characters along this 2500-mile road trip: wandering Okies, homeless hobos, hope-filled Navajo children, brokenhearted waitresses and the legendary heroes of our common history. It’s an album of Polaroids, full of friends, family and otherwise unfamiliar faces, but by the end of the book, we know every story by heart.
The trip down what’s left of America’s Main Street is equal parts wonder and squalor and the Santa Monica Pier is no New Jerusalem but these boys share the adventure like a family slideshow carousel. Through one of their finest musical efforts in a career full of high notes, they help us find the joy in our journeys. Sure, the dust storms and potholes leave us weathered and sore and the gaudy kitsch almost turns nostalgia into parody but those who have ears to hear and eyes to see glimpse the ghosts of former glories around every broken bend in the old highway.
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lyrics
(2010 Terry Scott Taylor)
I’m with Israelites and Okies
Escapin’ ‘cross the desert sand
Driven by the lash of providence
Towards the mine fields of the Promised Land
Glowin’ in the heart of darkness
Golden calves and neon signs
Bright enough to paint a halo
Above the sin on our minds
I wanna travel this broken road
Strapped to the mercy seat
Payin’ strict and holy attention
To the people I meet
If I’m gonna show you heaven
First I’ve gotta show you hell
In songs about exiles and a garden
Before and after we fell
O Israelites and Okies
May we all travel well
Heavy pieces of old stone tablets
In our back packs weigh us down
And though we’ve broken every God-carved word there
We still carry them around
Some cross through the blood-red canyon
Through the veil of desert heat
Crushing every serpent crawling
‘Neath their wounded feet
I wanna travel this broken road
Strapped to the mercy seat
Payin’ strict and holy attention
To the people I meet
If I’m gonna show you heaven
First I’ve gotta show you hell
In songs about exiles and a garden
Before and after we fell
O Israelites and Okies
May we all travel
Well through the Red Sea waters
Stake our claim and safely dwell
O Israelites and Okies
May we all travel well
If I’m gonna show you heaven
First I’ve gotta show you hell
In songs about exiles and a garden
Before and after we fell
O Israelites and Okies
Israelites and Okies
O Israelites and Okies
May we all travel well
supported by 26 fans who also own “Israelites And Okies”
Fantastic album/CD with great instrumentation and vocals. Also an inspiration listening to the lyrics. Excellent recording quality as well.
I give this my 5 Coconuts!
Ron Ajemian
supported by 21 fans who also own “Israelites And Okies”
It all comes down to the message and the music. This combo package delivers on both. Get this now, what are you waiting for ??
This is The 77s live and sounding fantastic...
🌬💟💕 kubeczko