drawler © is the new dark folk ©

drawler = songs of loss

drawler = songs of longing

drawler = recorded raw. recorded wrecked

acoustic guitar, autoharp, electric guitar, voice, percussive 'things', occasional melodica, guest piano

influenced by....

heartache, loneliness, unattainable beauty, things 'not working out', dreams lost and dreams recovered, the unfiner things in life.

johnny cash , led zeppelin , wilco , frank black , grant hart , ramones , ian mcnabb , young gods , handsome family , swans , nick cave , beautiful south , fields of the nephilim , willard grant conspiracy , counting crows, micah p hinson, my morning jacket, jayhawks

compared to.....

'your stuff is great. genuinely. sorry is pretty much fucking genius, isnt it' andy, dead beat club

'imagine johnny cash if he didnt sound so happy' f.m.

'a scottish lou reed meets the handsome family on holiday with mercury rev' n.k.

'very nick cave' k.m.

'sounds good to my ears. . .sort of makes me think of Roky Erickson, that's good, and even Beck. . i'd like to hear more' duglas, bmx bandits

'god-like voice' elite

'very raw, very lost and very endearing' j.

'i love your songs and your voice (gorgeous)' margaret stewart

'swans'

'flickin hardy' dun ringills

'top tunes man. like what yer doin' cobra grande

'a bit like Micah P Hinson, I really like it!' poffle

aiming for somewhere between frank black and johnny cash (knowing full well thats asking a lot, but hitting other targets on the way)....... or leonard cohen doing alt-country?......i dont know.....whatever they say above!