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Robert Earl Keen always delivers his quota of rambling songs. The beautifully crafted <I>Gravitational Forces</I>+ however+ turns around stories of guys whose ropes have run out. On his first album in more than three years+ the singer-songwriter often backs down from the bravado of past blurts like "Whenever Kindness Fails." Not that it"s absent in the breakneck remake of his signature "The Road Goes On Forever" or even the cover of Joe Dolce"s homebound "Hall of Fame." Yet he dwells more on the troubled side of his drifting characters" lives: the wrong-side-of-the-law losers of "Wild Wind+" the homeless loner of "Not a Drop of Rain." Keen tweaks pavement-bound verities even further on the Dylanesque "Goin" Nowhere Blues" and the deadpan spoken-word title track+ which takes out his frustration with a half-day sound check on the club"s puzzling decor. If this debut for the Lost Highway label raises Keen"s profile even further+ the attention will be well deserved. <I>--Rickey Wright</I>
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Robert Earl Keen's Albums
The Zone 93.3 - Zone Cuts Live - Volume 2

Robert Earl Keen Album Editorial:
The Zone - Zone Cuts Live // 1. Storyville - Good day 2. Matchbox 20 - Push 3. Abra Moore - Dont feel 4. Big Head Todd The Monsters - Please dont tell her 5. Jackopierce - Trials 6. Freddy Jones Band - Wonder 7. Sister Hazel - Wanted it to be 8. Robert Earl Keen - Over the waterfall 9. Trish Murphy - Concession stand song 10. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing 11. Tom Faulkner - Fried Chicken Skin 12.Old 97s - Big brown eyes
Lost Highway New Music Sampler
John Boy &amp; Billy&quot;s Rockin&quot; Race Tracks + Bonus Track
The Party Never Ends
Gravitational Forces

Robert Earl Keen Album Editorial:
Robert Earl Keen always delivers his quota of rambling songs. The beautifully crafted IGravitational Forces however turns around stories of guys whose ropes have run out. On his first album in more than three years the singer-songwriter often backs down from the bravado of past blurts like Whenever Kindness Fails. Not that its absent in the breakneck remake of his signature The Road Goes On Forever or even the cover of Joe Dolces homebound Hall of Fame. Yet he dwells more on the troubled side of his drifting characters lives: the wrong-side-of-the-law losers of Wild Wind the homeless loner of Not a Drop of Rain. Keen tweaks pavement-bound verities even further on the Dylanesque Goin Nowhere Blues and the deadpan spoken-word title track which takes out his frustration with a half-day sound check on the clubs puzzling decor. If this debut for the Lost Highway label raises Keens profile even further the attention will be well deserved. Rickey Wright
Walking Distance

Robert Earl Keen Album Editorial:
After 1997s IPicnic an uneven attempt to cross over to the rock side of the alternative-country divide this Bandera Texas singer-songwriter returns to sounds and themes closer to home. Brimming with fiddle mandolin and slinky honky-tonk guitars Keens eighth album has the lyrical depth and humor of his best work. At the center is a four-song outlaw suite beginning with Norman Blakes little-known gem Billy Gray and ending with the drifters lament Still Without You in which Keen sings I climbed the mountains and I swept the plains / I crossed the border and I broke my chains / I walked the back roads till my shoes wore through / Im still without you. And while the album closes with the bonus coda Happy Holidays YAll (a hysterical sequel to his classic Merry Christmas from the Family presented in two giddy takes) IWalking Distance finds Keen rediscovering the intense poetry of his Texas muse. Roy Kasten
Picnic

Robert Earl Keen Album Editorial:
Compared to Willie Nelson or Butch Hancock Keen fits squarely in the second rank of Texas songwriters but even a relatively slick work like iPicnic is better than the bulk of whats produced these days in Nashville. Nothing here approaches the knockout wit of Keens Merry Christmas from the Family but Shades of Gray the story of small-town criminals almost arrested for a robbery they didnt commit and Then Came Lo Mein about a guy uncorking a lifetime of frustration during a cheap Chinese dinner are both examples of Lone Star storytelling at its best. Keith Moerer
Merry Christmas From The Family [Limited Edition]
No Kinda Dancer

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