Tasty Kings – Old Lookhart Highway

A couple of months ago a friend laid a cd on me, Tasty Kings – Old Lookhart Highway.
The first song, Back to El Paso, starts with a petal steel twang and reverb sound with echoes of driving through the South West and reminiscing a truck driving vibe that I remember being part of the tamed wild west image of the early 70’s. Now not that I traveled far west before but I’ve listen to enough big room roadhouse music and driven through the Southern states to know the difference between Merle Haggard and Jimmie Buffet on hot night waiting around for closing time, napping on the dashboard of a Winnebago till sunrise then driving over to the beach where I could sit think about the days back home. Now even though home is New York City I’ve got plenty of imagination and with this cd and a warm breeze Lockhart Highway may just as well be the Southern State Parkway or Ocean Beach Drive, Whatever it may be this bring s a good ole feeling into my soul and I just can’t help smiling through these songs. Having a kickass band, Charlie Sexton on electric, Andrew Morse writing and breathing life into every acoustic note. Ah-ha, I will tell you this you’ve got to drive through this cd slowly and breath in the fresh air that blows through each well played interval. It’s a true work of art. Play through; it’s “true like ice, like fire” and well written enough to allow the Dylan reference.