Jazz Weekly

Canadian Steve Dawson shows his dexterity on the strings, playing acoustic, electric, pedal steel and slide guitars for starters, showing the breadth width and depth his range. Mixing and matching with Jay Bellerose/dr, Jeremy Holmes/b, Chris Gestrin/key, and Daniel Lapp, Dawson creates a kaleidoscope of colors, giving echoey radiance when soloing with the pedal steel on “Burnt End” and sounding like a rural version of Brian Eno with Fats Kaplin on accordion on “The Waters Rise”. There’s a Bachish feel with harpsichordish sounds on the clever “You Still Believe In Me” while you’re taking a country road on the twangy “Lilys’ Resister”. He trudges through a Nashville skyline on “Tripledream”, rocks the blues on “Twig Bucket” and goes swampy for “Ol’ Brushy” while closing the album out with a Leo Kottke’d “Whirlwind”. Gotta see this guy in concert!!!