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Acoustic, americana, blues, folk, roots, singer-songwriter, Glasgow.

State Of The Union is a sometime collaboration between two of our old friends – Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams.  It’s a potent combination, that’s for sure; both are masters of the acoustic guitar, both are composers of great ability, both are excellent vocalists, equally comfortable in the spotlight or on the backing vocalists’ sideline and – and this is important – each is a natural foil for the other.  It’s a marriage made in heaven, you could say.

Paper Tigers sees SOTU back working with Mark Freegard in Kyoti, the Glasgow studio where Mark oversaw the recording of the first pair of SOTU albums – State of the Union (2011) and Snake Oil (2012) and, it seems, the combination of familiar surroundings and a trusted hand upon the tiller was an effective means of focusing minds.  Paper Tigers was in the can after just a day and half of live recording – and no overdubs were necessary, either.

Two masters of their craft.

Both Boo and Brooks acknowledge that SOTU offers a unique opportunity for each of them to exercise a “…playful quality that is beyond their solo work.”  I suppose that’s one way of putting it.  Suffice to say that Paper Tigers is a collection of songs that are, variously, vibrant, immediate, intense, even life-affirming.  It’s a real pleasure to sit back and listen to two masters of their craft playing songs that are both immediately likeable and unquestionably durable – and to sense the enjoyment that they both clearly derive from doing so.  Paper Tigers is an album that I’ll be playing and savouring for many years to come.

Tracks:
01 - Jonesin' Over You
02 - Paper Tigers
03 - Horsefeathers
04 - The Hesitation Waltz
05 - Saint-Louis- Du-Ha!Ha!
06 - Lonesome Town
07 - Taste of The Onion
08 - Butterfly Wings
09 - Turtle Dove
10 - Why Does The Nightingale Sing_
11 - That's All Folks
12 - If I Was Your Guardian Angel

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.