Monday, January 26, 2009

Teddy Morgan & The Pistolas - Lost Love And Highways












Released in 1999 on Hightone Records.

Teddy Morgan’s previous outfit, the Sevilles, trafficked in solid, if unspectacular, blues-rock one or two degrees removed from the blandness of a Sixth Street happy hour. Now fronting the Pistolas, his Lost Love and Highways is an eyebrow-raising 90-degree turn back to the soil, adding a goodly amount of  country grit and axle grease resulting in a most pleasing album. Cruising the interstate between Steve Earle and Dave Alvin, Lost Love and Highways burns twang like rubber, especially on the opener “Bullet From A Gun” and “Ain’t Waitin’ No More.” Loveable Louisiana legeng Lazy Lester pops up for som sweet harmonica work on “A Word About A Woman,” but the real catalyst here is the trio’s road-polished tautness. Rootsier than a cypress swamp, Lost Love and Highways is a pleasant surprise, and a fine record to put on for that next trip down the blacktop. (review from the Austin Chronicle by Christopher Gray, found on the web)