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Danny Flowers | Forbidden Fruits and Vegetables

He wrote 'Tulsa Time', you know...
CD, Groovetone

Tekst: Jeff Wall

Publicatiedatum: 29 maart 2001

I got this record in kind of a weird way. You see, I was at the Americana Convention in Nashville. I was standing there, talking to some record label weasel, when this little home-wrecker walked by with a leather-covered ass I would have killed for. Just then, somebody introduced me to Danny. He's this little short quiet guy in glasses. I thought he was some kind of computer geek or something. I didn't want to be rude, but I had an appointment with the future owner of my record collection.
The weasel told me that he wrote 'Tulsa Time', that Eric Clapton and Don Williams both had hits with. I was told that he also wrote 'Gulf Coast Highway', that Nanci Griffith did. Great. So he's a geek who also writes songs. Can you tell me what's wrong with my piece-of-shit 486? Or better yet, can you introduce me to that leather-covered goddess?
When I finally got home with both my clean time and marriage intact (Regretfully, Ms. Leatherbritches disappeared into the crowd.), I started listening to all the swag I recieved at the convention. Most of the discs got listened to for almost a minute or sometimes even two, before being ejected and thrown into a box under the desk. I was getting pretty bored listening to mediocre music, when suddenly I heard Bonnie Bramlett doing a little rap and this ripping version of 'Tulsa Time' done a la Johnny Winter. Holy Mother of Muddy Waters, who is this rocking my ass off? I'll be damned if it wasn't that little geek sumbitch Danny Flowers.
This disc kicks ass. The afore-mentioned 'Tulsa Time' rocks harder than Clapton ever dreamed of. 'Ready' is another that jump-starts your adrenaline gland. There's more than just ripping blues on here. 'Gulf Coast Highway' gets redone, there's some pop with 'Back in My Younger Days' and the Southern Gospel-tinged 'Read On'. Flowers is a hell of a musician and songwriter. He also has a pleasurable voice. If you like a well-crafted song as well as some rocking roadhouse blues, then this is the disc for you. Play it loud.

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