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Love and Danger (1992)

Joe Ely
Reviewed by Alanna Nash | Oct 30, 1992
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Joe Ely; Genre: Country/Bluegrass

On Love and Danger, his first studio album in four years, Joe Ely, the godfather of cowpunk, opts for a harder rock sound than his usual accordion-and-pedal-steel-laced brand of personal music. His vocals, however, still sound like Jerry Lee Lewis sanded by a West Texas wind, and his choice of outside material (Robert Earl Keen, Dave Alvin) remains impeccably left field. A-

Originally posted Oct 30, 1992 Published in issue #142 Oct 30, 1992 Order article reprints

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