Saturday 08.16.08: Aquarium Drunkard presents JAMES JACKSON TOTH (from Wooden Wand) / THE DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE @ echo

James Jackson Toth

Now with what could technically be called his first “solo” album, the Tennessee-based singer and songwriter takes that more structured writing challenge to the next level with a mercurial and unpredictable album that veers between mesmerizing, 70′s retro-rock and edgy modern musings. Produced by Pacific Northwest indie-rock figure Steve Fisk (Screaming Trees, Nirvana), “Waiting” masterfully hits all the right touchpoints of haunting, spacious country/blues rock of mid-career Stones and the bourbon-soaked troubador drawl of a dustbowl Tom Waits (but without the gruff rumble). His vocals often married in a lovely duet harmony with wife Jexie, Toth and his loose-limbed but nimble songs have a disarming, straightforward charm that goes down easier as the album moves, sometimes gliding, sometimes in fits and starts, through its twelve engaging, often dreamy songs. – Direct Current

with:
The Dutchess & the Duke

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