Former farm boy Corb Lund’s cowpoke honky-tonk evidences a Canada dry wit. Bible On The Dash sees him evading border confrontations by faking belief, and Mein Deutsches Motorarad is a rockabilly German bike tribute.
But Lund and his tight-chapped bar band, The Hurtin’ Albertans, respect the roots rock rules and, on the bleakly dispassionate Priceless Antique Pistol Shoots Startled Owner and the nostalgically reflective One Left In The Chamber, can make genuine emotional connections despite, or perhaps because of, Lund’s apparent nonchalance.
A second disc strips the same songs back acoustic basics, often with more affecting results.
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John Robins, Comedian
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