Moonsigns  |  Band Guide  |  Blogs  |  In Pictures  |  Adult
Boston  |  Portland  |  Providence
 
Music
CD Reviews  |  Download  |  Live Reviews  |  Music Features  |  New England Music News

Jackie Greene

Giving Up the Ghost | 429
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 22, 2008
3.5 3.5 Stars

080425_greene_main
The classic-rock era was over by the time Greene was born in Sacramento, yet this ex-blues prodigy’s latest has the verve and emotional depth of Clapton’s best singer-songwriter outings, with a little more honest drawl in Greene’s clear-toned, flexible voice. When Greene’s not knocking out romantic slices of life like “Uphill Mountain” and “Prayer for Spanish Harlem,” numbers that would sound right in the jaws of Tom Waits or Levon Helm, he’s on stage fronting Phil Lesh & Friends, where his young-Dylan haircut and multi-instrumental talents set him apart. Lesh guests with a solo, but it’s producer Steve Berlin of Los Lobos who gives these songs just enough gloss to keep them in the present, using loose-tuned drums and textural slide and steel guitars for color. Greene has tried breaking out of Americana’s gilded cage before, especially with 2006’s ambitious American Myth (Verve Forecast), but this fat-free CD is his finest shot.

JACKIE GREENE | Paradise, 967 Comm Ave, Boston | May 1 | 671.931.2000

Related:
  Topics: CD Reviews , Phil Lesh , Singer Songwriters , Entertainment ,  More more >
  • Share:
  • RSS feed Rss
  • Email this article to a friend Email
  • Print this article Print
Comments

Live from St. Paul: real-time updates at thePhoenix.com/Election2008
More: DNC 2008
ARTICLES BY TED DROZDOWSKI
Share this entry with Delicious

 See all articles by: TED DROZDOWSKI

MOST POPULAR
RSS Feed of for the most popular articles
 Most Viewed   Most Emailed 
HOT TOPICS
 More Topics . . .
LATEST SLIDESHOWS

All Slideshows



Featured Articles in CD Reviews:
071214_help_list

Boxed and ready

The cream of the season’s CD/DVD crop
list_gumbay

Cult Cargo

Grand Bahama Goombay | Numero
070406_list_kaiser

Kaiser Chiefs

Yours Truly, Angry Mob | Universal
070302_list_dean

Dean and Britta

Back Numbers | Zoë/Rounder
070223_list_elvisperkins

Elvis Perkins

Ash Wednesday | XL
Sunday, September 07, 2008  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
thePhoenix.com:
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2008 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group