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Musta Notta Gotta Lotta Sleep Listening to This.

10/05/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Joe Ely is at his peak on this record. In the 1970's and the 1980's, you couldn't find a more rough-and-tumble country/rock-a-billy singer. HE takes Jerry Lee Lewis and gives it his own spin with wry lyrics about Texan life (I should know, I lived there) and easy beats that allow you to get in touch with your inner boogaloo.
(His current records are irrelevant, as he fancies himself Tex-Mex Ely with drooping numbers about golddigging Spanish senoritas.)
Nashville must have stroked out when they heard this one."

Just rockin' good fun

09/28/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This record is as much fun as "roots music" ever gets. It kicks from beginning to end. Joe Ely is finally getting some credit as a journeyman survivor, but this album shows him off as a great bandleader and crackerjack craftsman of smokey, chewey rock-and-roll."