Illinois River Valley Blues

Brokeback
Thrill Jockey Records
General | Feb 2017

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2017-02-22
Fans of Ennio Morricone, Rowland S Howard, Chris Isaak, Tarnation type guitar twang, spaghetti western twin peaks coolness take note. Instrumental huge guitar centered songs, surf meets dark western. Midwestern feller been active for 20+ years. A lovely exploration.

1)* (4:14) big dark twang, Rowland S Howard and later Earth, Twin Peaks comes to mind, killer 2) (4:48) upbeat kinda jammy al 3)* (4:42) chill and sultry sexy. 4) (4:14) cool surf spaghetti western rhumba 5) (4:54) sexy cool chill sultry 6) (6:52) kinda upbeat and almost poppy 7) (3:58) rhumba surf slow and cool, some organ type tones and subtle fem back vocs 8) (3:59) slow mindful waltz 9) (3:25) big twang upbeat 10) (3:50) big slow lovely.

Recent airplay

The Canyons Of Illinois
Music CasseroleSep 02, 2023
Andalusia Il.
Some Songs Without WordsSep 08, 2021
Ride Ahead And Light The Way For Me
Mixed NutsApr 24, 2017
Night Falls On Chllicothe, Riser, Fernanda, Rise
Ride Ahead And Light The Way For Me
Brownian MotionApr 12, 2017
The Canyons Of Illinois
Brownian MotionApr 05, 2017

Charting

2017-02-22 — 2017-04-26
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 30 2
Apr 16 1
Apr 9 1
Apr 2 2
Mar 26 2
Mar 19 2
Mar 5 2
Feb 26 2

Track listing

1. Ride Ahead And Light The Way For Me
2. Cairo Levee
3. The Canyons Of Illinois
4. Andalusia Il.
5. Spanish Venus
6. On The Move And Vanishing
7. Riser, Fernanda, Rise
8. Ursula
9. The Strollers' Memorial
10. Night Falls On Chllicothe