Audio CD review:
Jimmy LaFave - Blue Nightfall

Jimmy LaFave - Blue Nightfall

Band: Jimmy LaFave Title: Blue Nightfall Rating: Release Date: 08 March, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Revival 2: Sweet Sweet Love 3: River Road 4: Music From The Motor Court 5: Blue Nightfall 6: Shining On Through 7: Rain Falling Down 8: Bohemian Cowboy Blues 9: It's Gone 10: I Wish For You 11: When You Were Mine 12: Gotta Ramble

Editoral Review From the delicate balladry of "Rain Falling Down" to the Jack Kerouac homage of "Bohemian Cowboy Blues," LaFave remains an uncommonly emotive vocalist, with his tremulous tenor always on the verge of a soulful sob. Though Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie have long served as the major musical touchstones for veteran folk-rocker Jimmy LaFave, the shimmering atmospherics of this release's title track suggest a chicken-fried Van Morrison, while the reckless rock 'n' roll of "Music from the Motor Court" conjures comparisons to a renewed Jerry Lee Lewis. But where his voice has long been more memorable than much of his original material, he establishes himself here as a songwriter of maturity, reflection, and range. The arrangements are as subtle as the musical backing is superb, putting the focus on LaFave and the way that his voice enhances his songs of all-American wanderlust. --Don McLeese .. You can see a complete list of all Jimmy LaFave discography, or go back to the Jimmy LaFave tabs