John & Tom/Becky & John
General
| Feb 2012
Reviews
Wallace Brontoon
Reviewed 2012-02-20
Reviewed 2012-02-20
John C. Reilly (yes, Dr. Steve Brule himself) does an EP with Jack White's personal record label, with two different acts. It's good, and surprisingly subtle.
ACT ONE:
John and Tom. Country-tinged blues. Old timey and nuanced. The other guy, Tom Brosseau, has a talented voice; John stays in the background. Jack White drums the hell out of it.
1. *** Soulful old-timey blues number, with big hollow drum in background, into some sort of modern take on Civil War drummer. Other singer has reedy, soulful voice. Yodeling, too!
2. **** Simple folk guitar strumming, laid-back duet, Jimmie Rodgers yodeling.
ACT TWO:
Becky & John. Lovely '60s style country duets. Great, authentic sound.
3. **Pedal Steel guitar. A Loretta Lynn-Ernest Tubb duet sound, but more hillbilly in the vocals. Intense and whanged-out. Great production. Steel guitar solo!
4. ***** Fragile, again like Lynn-Tubb, but prettier than above duet. Wow, she has a delicate frickin' voice. A heartbreaking piccolo of a voice.
ACT ONE:
John and Tom. Country-tinged blues. Old timey and nuanced. The other guy, Tom Brosseau, has a talented voice; John stays in the background. Jack White drums the hell out of it.
1. *** Soulful old-timey blues number, with big hollow drum in background, into some sort of modern take on Civil War drummer. Other singer has reedy, soulful voice. Yodeling, too!
2. **** Simple folk guitar strumming, laid-back duet, Jimmie Rodgers yodeling.
ACT TWO:
Becky & John. Lovely '60s style country duets. Great, authentic sound.
3. **Pedal Steel guitar. A Loretta Lynn-Ernest Tubb duet sound, but more hillbilly in the vocals. Intense and whanged-out. Great production. Steel guitar solo!
4. ***** Fragile, again like Lynn-Tubb, but prettier than above duet. Wow, she has a delicate frickin' voice. A heartbreaking piccolo of a voice.
Recent airplay
I'm Making Plans
a strange pursuit — Jul 07, 2016
I'm Making Plans
I'm Making Plans, Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Brownian Motion — Apr 18, 2012
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
The Songsmith Show — Mar 01, 2012
I'm Making Plans
American Beauty — Mar 01, 2012
Lonesome Yodel Blues #2
Buford J. Sharkley's (Short) Themeless Escapades — Feb 25, 2012
Charting
2012-02-18 — 2012-04-21
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 22 | 2 |
| Mar 4 | 2 |
| Feb 26 | 6 |
| Feb 19 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar | ||
| 2. | Lonesome Yodel Blues #2 | ||
| 3. | I'll Be There If You Ever Want | ||
| 4. | I'm Making Plans |