At 3:16 AM -0500 on 1/30/99, Rob Russell wrote:
>2. Webb Wilder's "It Came From Nashville" (CD): having lost or loaned out
>my original vinyl of this record mucho years ago, I came across a copy of
>the CD re-issue at Backdoor Records here in J.C. about two years ago. Gawd,
>I do love it so -- great rockabilly vocals and licks, early songs by Steve
>Earle ("Devil's Right Hand") and Kevin Welch ("Poolside"), and, as always,
>the great combo of R.S. Fields rock songwriting with Webb's estimable vocal
>charisma!
I dunno why Webb's so ignored around here, but I've been a fan since he
opened a coupla shows for Joe Ely a decade ago, I think touring behind
"It Came From Nashville." And I still think "It Gets in your Blood" is
one of the best songs about loving music that I've ever heard.
Bob
