Monday, May 14, 2007

Jim Cuddy - All In Time

I'm a big fan of Blue Rodeo, an alt-country band from Canada. They basically have 2 lead singers, Jim Cuddy and some other guy I don't really enjoy as much. So when I found this Jim Cuddy album from 1998 I was pleased to hear 11 songs that sound like Blue Rodeo but don't have the other guy.

The cool thing about this album is that Cuddy admits it was inspired by Wilco's Being There, probably my favorite album of all time. In fact, Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett (now booted from the band) of Wilco actually appear on "I'll Make Believe It's You". Cuddy's album isn't even close to being as "out there" like Being There was, but I can hear the Wilco influence.

A side note: the ironic thing about Blue Rodeo and Wilco is that after Wilco decided to go more "art rock" with their Summerteeth release, they dismissed pedal steel player Bob Egan from the band and he went on to join Blue Rodeo.

No comments:

Post a Comment