Bryan Miller seems set on mastering the decidedly New York trend of singing traditional-sounding songs about contemporary big-city topics. Case in point: Miller’s subway tune, “Williamsburg Cannonball”, or “Back of the Bar,” a waltzy lament on the trials of playing for New York’s less-than-attentive bar crowds. Miller’s smooth tenor wail could be straight out of Bakersfield, but his band of slick city boys stirs things up, infusing the tracks, at various points, with fancy jazz riffs and hard rock rhythms. It’s the lyrics that will make you come back to this record, though. With simple, understated songs like “Same Conversation” or the brilliantly simple tearjerker “Overnight Waitress,” Miller manages to perfectly capture the rambling, lonesome feelings that plague ordinary people, even here in the big bad city.

Band review by Uncle Leon.

Download "Back of the Bar"  (mp3 file, 2.8MB)

Watch the video for "Williamsburg Cannonball"  (wmv file, 10.4 MB)

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