Chris Smither, Honeysuckle Dog - 44m 46s

Tracks & Durations

1. Sunshine Lady	3:54
2. Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt	3:43
3. Honeysuckle Dog	4:07
4. Rattlesnake Preacher	4:43
5. Rosalie	3:08
6. Guilty	2:16
7. It Ain't Easy	4:00
8. Lonely Time	3:26
9. Homunculus	3:14
10. Braden River	3:44
11. Steel Guitar	2:44
12. Jailhouse Blues	5:39

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Review

Whether you call this previously unreleased collection Chris Smither's lost album or just an artifact of the early-'70s singer-songwriter scare, the pleasures it offers are evident, if not always essential. Some of the songs would be rerecorded in tighter versions for 1984's It Ain't Easy (although Lowell George's slide work on "Rosalie" and "It Ain't Easy" is brilliant) while others are reprised and improved versions of songs from Smither's first two records (I'm a Stranger Too and Don't It Drag On); the wistful original "Braden River" has never been heard before or since. The jazz-folk settings on half the cuts echo early Tim Hardin or Tim Buckley, but Smither's signature, delicately ornamented guitar work is in full-bloom--no other singer-songwriter at the time could begin to transform Bessie Smith's "Jailhouse Blues" the way he does. Die-hard fans will likely find this set a modest revelation. --Roy Kasten

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