Give me whatever’s left, whatever the worker’s found

I suppose there is no shortage of them, those that call themselves singer-songwriter’s, and certainly shortage of them which would list their myspace genres as “Rock/Country/Folk,” but this shouldn’t stop us from enjoying the ones that excel at their craft, familiar though it may be, right?

Beau Jennings is a pretty special one in this field. He exists somewhere between the dustbowl americana Josh Ritter taps for inspiration and the 50’s rock n’ roll which fills the jukebox of your local inland interstate diner. While this still may not sound like anything terribly original I’d encourage you to give Tulsa Sound or The Opolis a listen and not find yourself hunting the repeat button. Those of you who preferred Bright Eye’s matured, world-traveler, folk-rock direction on Cassadaga to his earlier more angst-ridden offerings, for example, will likely find Mr. Jennings’ work quite satisfying.

There’s a cast of notable players including James McCalister and Jeff Shoop (Sufjan), Ryan Lindsey (Starlight Mints), and production by Chad Copelin (The Umbrellas, Bishop Allen). If you’re still not sold give the track below a listen and call me in the morning.

[mp3] Beau Jennings – Tulsa Sound

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