Here’s another band from Lawrence, Arthur Dodge (And The Horsefeathers) sings his heart out with a rough gruff voice at times comparable to Van Morrison and at other times Bruce Springsteen. He’s a midwesterner through and through and that plays out in his simple, staight ahead earnest music. Arthur picks one theme or even one line of a song and beats you over the head with it, but he’s so convincing by the time the song is done you’re on his side of whatever domestic dispute is chronicled in the song.
Room #4 is his newest recording and is available through Remedy Recordings in the states or through Blue Rose everywhere else. Here’s two from Room #4 and then a couple from his back catalog (including the Tom Waits inspired “Stripper In A Cab”):
Creature Of The Night **Standout Track**
California Hustlin’
Stripper In A Cab **Standout Track**
The Domestic Dream