Tex Perkins and the Band Of Gold - Tex Perkins and The Band Of Gold
September 27th 2011 10:13
Tex Perkins has learnt that there’s more to music than the little genre your submerged in. Let's face it, Tex has a reputation. An aura that follows him as a hard drinking, hard rocking, no bullshit hard man of Aussie rock. There's a rebel attitude in his work with Beasts Of Bourbon and The Cruel Sea, But as the man gets older and more reflective than perspective , a change has come over him. He's performed at the Opera House covering Johnny Cash. He's branched out in collaboration and has developed a knack for odd cover albums. This could fall into the later category. Here Tex offers us a country album. A country balladeer record to be more precise. 14 songs of love, sung originally by lonely men who yearned for a woman but generally found love in a bottle or guitar. And it suits him.
Covering artists many of you have never heard but on first listen I was taken back to a young kid. My dad loved country music an our house was filled with country records played on a Sunday when my old man was home. I knew this songs. And while they are sad ballads. It reminded me of happier memories.
Tex doesn't look to take on the legends of the American country music scene. He looks for great songs that tell great tales and express some masculine sentiments. On the track "Pardon Me I've Got Someone To Kill" tells the story of broken hearted man whose lover was stolen by another man. So instead of crying about it...he decides to kill him! In "It's Not Love" the man lays out his soul by saying to his ex lover 'it's not love, but it's not bad' when describing a new girl he's with. So romantic!
It's clear that Tex has a fondness for Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson as they get a couple of tracks on this record. Other artists covered include Dallas Frazier, John Prine and plenty of others you probably never heard of.
Big Tex nails it with this record. Great song selection, perfect sound and production and his deep voice resonates in a weary, worldly way just like the way these songs should be sung.
Covering artists many of you have never heard but on first listen I was taken back to a young kid. My dad loved country music an our house was filled with country records played on a Sunday when my old man was home. I knew this songs. And while they are sad ballads. It reminded me of happier memories.
Tex doesn't look to take on the legends of the American country music scene. He looks for great songs that tell great tales and express some masculine sentiments. On the track "Pardon Me I've Got Someone To Kill" tells the story of broken hearted man whose lover was stolen by another man. So instead of crying about it...he decides to kill him! In "It's Not Love" the man lays out his soul by saying to his ex lover 'it's not love, but it's not bad' when describing a new girl he's with. So romantic!
It's clear that Tex has a fondness for Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson as they get a couple of tracks on this record. Other artists covered include Dallas Frazier, John Prine and plenty of others you probably never heard of.
Big Tex nails it with this record. Great song selection, perfect sound and production and his deep voice resonates in a weary, worldly way just like the way these songs should be sung.
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