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organ, Clavinet); Pemberton Roach (bass, background vocals); Barbara Allen (drums, background vocals).

How does a native of the Bronx, New York get mixed up in blues and country music? Why would a right-handed man play guitar left-handed, upside-down with five strings, in a self-invented tuning? Exactly what does Charles Baudelaire have to do with Merle Haggard? These questions can only be answered by listening to the music of Jim Allen. As represented by his three albums, Allen's music is like the bastard offspring of Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash. He combines American roots music (country, R&B, soul, Tex-Mex, etc.) with dark, poetic imagery leavened by just the right touch of self-deprecating humor. His rich baritone moves with authority through sympathetic tales of characters caught in the dark underside of the American dream, rendered in lyrics equally influenced by the symbolism of 19th-Century French poets and by the blue-collar prose of Merle Haggard and Charles Bukowski. Allen kicked around the New York City singer/songwriter scene as a solo performer for much of the '90s, along with peers like Richard Shindell, Richard Julian (who co-produced Jim's first two albums), and the late Jeff Buckley. His first album, 1996's WEEPER'S STOMP, is a stark, bluesy, mostly acoustic effort. Shortly after its release, Allen started working with a band, and consequently, the follow-up STRAIGHT TIME was a more electrified, up-tempo, rhythm-based outing. His latest, WILD CARD, both amplifies the country/Americana feel and intensifies the sometimes sardonic lyrical attack.

Steve Alcott (pedal steel guitar); Mark "Ruby" Rubinstein (accordion, piano,

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Recorded at Tarquin Studio, Bridgeport, Connecticut and KMA Studio, New York, New York.

Personnel: Jim Allen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Steve Alcott (guitar); Barbara Allen (drums).

Audio Mixer: Daniel Wise.

Recording information: KMA Studio, New York, NY; Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport, CT.

Personnel: Jim Allen (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica);

Long Island Press (10/03) - "Call what Jim Allen writes and performs urban country...Blessed with the kind of rumbling vocal style that immediately brings to mind the late Waylon Jennings, [he] is equally at ease tucking into raucous roots-rock as he is easing into the kind of tear-in-my beer sentiments you just don't hear on commercial country music radio anymore."
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Singer/Songwriter
Label Hardcover
Orig Year 2003
CD Universe Part number 7162633
Catalog number 73435
Discs 1
Release Date Sep 16, 2003
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Jim Allen; Mark Rubinstein
Engineer Peter Katis
Personnel Barbara Allen - drums, background vocals
Barbara Allen - drums, background vocals
Pemberton Roach - bass, background vocals
Jim Allen - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica
Mark "Ruby" Rubinstein - accordion, piano,
organ, Clavinet

Also: Steve Alcott
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1.King of the Jews
2.I'll Need You Then
3.Little Bit of Love, A
4.Black Black Sea
5.Verdict, The
6.Where the Heart Is
7.Blue Neon Light
8.Arthur Alexander
9.It Might as Well Rain
10.Thousand Ways, A
11.Looking at You
12.Little Green Circles
13.No One for Me
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