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| Calexico, the
Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers |
| January 11 at the Knitting
Factory |
| BY WAYNE LEWIS |
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| Joey Burns
did time backing erudite Inland Empire institution (and
sometime New Times contributor) Franklin Bruno
in Nothing Painted Blue before finding his creative
soul mate, drummer John Convertino, as part of Tucson
oddball country-rock crew Giant Sand. Together, Burns
and Convertino have provided rhythm and arrangement
touches for many projects, including Devotion + Doubt,
a monster of a record by sullen songwriter Richard Buckner.
But even given their impressive curriculum vitae, these
guys have really hit their stride as the main men of
Calexico. The band trades in a mutant roots music that
is atmospheric, organic and traditional. Reverb-drenched
guitar songs recombine elements of surf, spaghetti Western
and mariachi music as ringing vibraphones, mournful
trumpets and ghostly pedal steel set the mood.
The Knitting Factory bill is further sweetened by
the inclusion of Mark Olson, once the key ingredient
in the Jayhawks' honeyed country-pop, now chasing
a more vintage muse along with his Original Harmony
Ridge Creekdippers.
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