Jason Walker And The Last Drinks - Ashes & Wine (2003) torrent

Jason Walker And The Last Drinks - Ashes & Wine (2003)


Jason Walker - Vocals, Guitars
Sean Walker - Harmony Vocals
Brian Crouch - Hammond Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer, Mellotron
David Keys - Bass
Worth Wagers - Guitars, Harmony Vocals
Graham Griffith - Pedal Steel
Michael Carpenter - Percussion, Drums, Harmony Vocals
Andrew Lay - Drums

Aussie (originally NZ) alt.country artist Jason Walker is blessed with a strong, emotive voice and terrific songwriting skills. Gram Parsons, Steve Earl and Neil Young are obvious inf luences (Walker has written a book on Parsons!). Judging by this album Walker stands up well, at least at this early stage, in comparison to those music icons! He also has spent a lot of time with Bill Chambers (Dead Ringer Band, Kasey Chambers). It shows. Some of Kasey's superlative writing skills just might have rubbed off on Jason Walker.

Delivery is everything when it comes to lyrics and this singer has the ability to hang his words out for us to hear, a tribute to his alt.country music background. He's also got one of those ear friendly voices.

There's a bitter sweetness about the album, but also enough variation for it to happily stand repeated plays. It begins with a shuffle piece, moves to a soft country, then a Rolling Stones type of format in 'Dissatisfaction'. There are a few country ballads and a touching song about a woman who's a drunk, and there's 'Drown In That River', a bouncy country rock drinking song.


Tracks:
01. Youre On Your Own
02. Angel
03. Dissatisfaction
04. Listening Out For Our Song
05. Helpless Guy (Every Moment With You)
06. Last Drinks
07. Letdown
08. Not Only Love
09. Dead Leaves
10. Drown In That River
11. Please Save Your Tears
12. Looking Out

If you like the album, buy it and support the artist!