Crooked Fingers - Dignity And Shame (2005)
There is something bittersweet about discovering an album this incredible 6 years after its release.
On the bitter side, it always makes me panic about all the amazing music I may be missing. If it took me this long to discover this one, how many albums of this caliber came out in ‘06, ‘07, last week, being released right this second….MY GOD!
On the sweet side is everything else about the record. Bachmann’s voice has a wonderful deep edge to it; he’d be a great Neil Diamond cover band singer. His lyrics are full of a frustration with life and love that I am really drawn to in a songwriter. Think Vic Chesnutt.
Hopefully some day soon I can stop listening to this album and listen to his more recent ones. In the meantime, if you have spotify, go listen up:
