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Alt country musician Dave Alvin's compendium of covers of California-centric songs includes a doo-wop rendition of Brian Wilson's "Surfer Girl," a gutbucket blues version of John Fogerty's "Don't Look Now," and a downbeat rendition of John Stewart's "California Bloodlines." Alvin's baritone growl lends a warm intimacy to this collection of hymns to his home state.
Liner Note Author: Dave Alvin.
Recording information: Leon Haywood's Eve-Jim Studio, Los Angeles, CA (10/2005-01/2006); Winslow Court Studio, Hollywood, CA (10/2005-01/2006).
Photographers: Deone Jahnke; Issa Sharp.
Arrangers: Greg Leisz; Dave Alvin.
Personnel: Dave Alvin (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National guitar); Christy McWilson (vocals); Greg Leisz (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin); Chris Montez Miller (electric guitar, slide guitar); Danny Barnes (banjo); Gabe Witcher (violin); Jack Rudy (harmonica); Jesus "El Gordo" Cuevas (accordion); David Witham, Joe Terry (organ); Gregory Boaz (acoustic bass); Don Heffington (drums, percussion); Bobby Lloyd Hicks (drums).
Audio Mixer: Jim Scott.
Living Blues (p.52) - "In his wide-ranging musical explorations and consistently tasteful blues sensibility Alvin is similar to the late Doug Sahm..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "These are mostly songs the Californian singer-guitarist grew up on, and as varied a bunch as you'd expect from a longtime music collector." West Of The West Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $4.29) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Rock | | Label | Yep Roc | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  22476  | | CD Universe Part number | 7068468 | | Catalog number | 2118 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 30, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Greg Leisz; Greg Leisz | | Engineer | Craig Adams; Bill Dashiell | | Personnel | Greg Leisz - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin
Danny Barnes - banjo
Don Heffington - drums, percussion
Dave Alvin - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National guitar
David Witham
Bobby Lloyd Hicks - drums
Gabe Witcher - violin
Christy McWilson - vocals
Joe Terry - organ
Gregory Boaz - acoustic bass
Jesus "El Gordo" Cuevas - accordion
Chris Montez Miller - electric guitar, slide guitar
Jack Rudy - harmonica
| | Additional Info | Digipak |
Dave Alvin West Of The West Songs | 1. | California Bloodlines | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Redneck Friend | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Kern River  | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Blind Love | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Here in California | $0.99 | |
| 6. | I Am Bewildered | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Sonora's Death Row | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Down on the Riverbed | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Between the Cracks | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Don't Look Now | $0.99 | |
| 11. | Tramps and Hawkers | |
| 12. | Loser | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Surfer Girl | $0.99 | |
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West Of The West Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)   Great Record!
Maybe not everybody's cup of tea, but I find myself constantly going back to this record. I think "Here in California" is a fantastic duet. I think its a great record.
Submitted by PhilJWatson (Lafayette, CA)
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Desecration of a Beautiful Song
All I can say for this Dave Alvin release is that he should have left these songs in the hands of the original artists. His version of the late Kate Wolf's " Here in California "
is simply awful and Jim Ringers " Tramps
and Hawkers " gets the same terrible reading by Alvin.
Sorry not for me!
Submitted by Bob (Ireland)
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I've followed Dave Allen since his days with the Blasters. This has got to be his most dissapointed work so far. The only highlite was Surfer Girl.
Submitted by Bob the blues man (Orange County USA)
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