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“The guys in my band play with their eyes closed, like I do-I’m just in this other place,” says Kevn Kinney with a rasp that’s the texture of coarse sandpaper, the result of 18 years on the road. “You can tell when a band really means it. We get on stage and we just dig it.” The longtime leader of Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ and sometime solo artist is referring to bassist Bryan Howard (Slackdaddy), drummer Dave V. Johnson (Kathleen Turner Overdrive) and east coast guitar-slinger Gibb Droll (that’s his given name, folks), who’ve joined Kinney in his new band, the Sun Tangled Angel Revival (S.T.A.R. for short). These veteran musicians, augmented by Joey Huffman on the Hammond B3, Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools and pedal steel player Adam Musick (all of whom play with their eyes closed as well), have poured their hearts, souls and prodigious chops into Kevn Kinney’s Sun Tangled Angel Revival, the band’s debut album (coming Sept. 21 on Compadre Records). Present in spirit are friends and mentors Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and Lenny Kaye (the Patti Smith Group), who have acted as tour guides in Kinney’s explorations into the musical past. The LP was produced by David Barbe (Drive-By Truckers, Son Volt, Sugar).

According to Kinney, who’s released seven rock albums with Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ and four folk-based records on his own, the new record functions as “a reflection on my past,” starting with his middle-class blue-collar upbringing in Milwaukee (for the occasion
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  • smithee1407

    MacDougal Blues still sounds awesome, sounds exactly like it did when it came out 20 years ago. Great road trip memories summer '90 jammin that tape. *gasp

    27 Feb 5:35am Reply

  • Cheekeemunkee

    Where are A Good Country Mile and Comin' Round Again? Both are brilliant. Typical Kevn, in other words.

    15 Aug 2012 Reply

  • tjd9

    Glad I found this. Love Drivin' N' Cryin'.

    17 Jul 2012 Reply

  • changeable

    Man, this sounds real good.

    6 Feb 2010 Reply

  • MascisIsGod

    Hey Kev! Rock on brother man.

    5 Feb 2009 Reply

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