Ray Mason has always had a soft spot for country harmonies and steel guitars. But whan the Northampton, Ma legend gets together with his Westhampton buddies, Jim Armenti and Bob Grant as the Lonesome Brothers, you can almost smell the hay in the barn and feel the rattle of that rusty old pickup underneath you. Mason and Armenti are both great pop songwriters in their own right, and though they don't write together, they compliment each other's songs quite nicely. Mason's bass anchors Armenti's bubbling picking and crunchy chord bashing on songs like "Going Blind" and "Diesel Therapy." Both voices are distinct - Mason's pleading tenor and Armenti's gritty drawl. Still, somehow, each manages to blend into the background when needed, or come to the forefront and carry the song. Compare two of the ballads - Mason's "Remember to Forget" and Armenti's "Every Goodbye" - and it's easy to see the emotional breadth the band is capable of. "The Big Shakedown" is as visible as any song The Band ever committed to tape. With a capable supporting cast adding pedal and lap steel, and keyboards, and occassional strings, the Lonesome Brothers move comfortably from country tearjerk to bar boogie. Diesel Therapy is a fine album that deservs to break out its regional niche in western Massachusetts. -Nick A. Zaino III (taken from Amplifier: 50,000 Watts of Nonstop Pop)

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  Track List

GOING BLIND
REMEMBER TO FORGET
DIESEL THERAPY
ALL JACKED UP
EVERY GOODBYE
WATER OFF A DUCK play this song
BIG SHAKEDOWN play this song
DON'T MAKE ME A MEMORY
LUCINDA
DIGGING TOO DEEP
ELLY MAE'S PARTY
DON'T HURRY ME
WHAT I WANT

Tour Dates

04/27
Tic-Toc Lounge Springfield, MA.

05/11
Ashfield Lake House Ashfield, MA.

05/18
Lizard Lounge Cambridge, MA.

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