Dave Alvin is fast approaching the age where the combination of wisdom, talent, and an aging voice all combine to give his music a gravitas it may have not always had. Dave Alvin’s new record Eleven Eleven is due out on June 21. Dave’s website has a prominent quote on the front page:
“There are two types of folk music: quiet folk music and loud folk music. I play both.”
From his work with the Blasters to his modern folk tales to his work with his backing band The Guilty Me (and more recently The Guilty Women) he has successfully straddled the worlds of folk, rock, and country. I imagine this new record will be no different. In fact the first song off it reminds one of early rock a la Bo Diddly. Here is “Run Conejo Run” from Eleven Eleven. It’s a song about a young man trying to outrun his past and his origins.
