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"Barrytown" is a weird, old Steely Dan song from the weird, old Steely Dan-- 1974's "Pretzel Logic", which any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you is their best album by far. Hmmm... Now there's an idea for some future Hooting... Anyway, Mr. Bonanos carried the weight on this one, taking up the Wurlitzer, singing lead and overdubbing some fine guitar.
Elvis Costello may have made the definitive angry young man version of "...Peace, Love & Understanding" but Nick the Knife wrote it. Nick's versions are a little slower and a little sweeter and a little more jangly, and that's what you get here. Few musical turns have warmed my heart so much as Nick Lowe's late-career renaissance. After starting up in the late '60s, achieving minor-league stardom in the late '70s, and hitting the shoals of major-label downsizing in the '80s (coincident with some stagnant songwriting and period-specific over-production), the Silver Fox commenced to putting out a series of great, low-key, soulful, funny records in '94 and probably hasn't looked back since. You should hear him or see him if at all possible. Just sayin'.
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"Barrytown": https://www.box.com/s/ylkqjl5vvrzksvlkrxym
"(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding":
https://www.box.com/s/p9ypl7fquvswa9cziwa9
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