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
(Steve Hindalong / Michael Roe)
Jimmy’s eyes were round and bright
A sinister moon hangin’ low that night
Sneakin’ in and outa sight
Behind those maple trees
Mysterious jaunt off old 66
Headin’ straight into the heart of an orchard thick
I got to hopin’ that pretty quick
We would turn the RV around
The time has come, the time is now
To turn, turn, turn it around
The time has come, the time is now
To turn, turn, turn it around
Dark and eerie the night we drove
Down into the shadows of Isaac’s grove
Pondering the times when I knew I dove down
Deeper than I should have gone
A true voice whispers from somewhere inside
(You gotta do what’s right)
Pleadin’ with a man to do the thing that’s right
Run from darkness into the light
Find the Mother Road and just drive on
The time has come, the time is now
To turn, turn, turn it around
The time has come, the time is now
To turn, turn, turn it around…
supported by 26 fans who also own “Turn It Around”
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 “Turn It Around”
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...
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