Monday, 8 September 2008

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY WITH LABAMBA'S BIG BAND

�Grapefruit Moon - The Songs of Tom Waits� (Evangeline): A-

The leader of the world�s sweatiest r & b bar set turns his attention to the fine art songs of demimonde crooner Tom Waits and consumates a correspond made on Skid Row. Longtime Asbury Juke Richie �LaBamba� Rosenberg�s hellaciously swing big isthmus and Southside Johnny Lyon�s gin-drenched vocals get to the warmheartedness of Waits� junkyard serenades and put a brassy, sophisticated twist on them at the same time. A