Papa Jack Couch & The Standard Electric Irregulars, Aspen Anonda

Papa Jack Couch performs originals forged over long years of two-lane blacktops and smoke-rise sundowns, with direct influences reaching back to Gram Parsons and Johnny Cash. Emerging from long years of exile with relevance and thump, with a rhythm playing style - on a battered ‘59 hockshop Martin - just good enough to forestall eviction, and with a voice of Tupelo honey over burnt sourdough, his performances are supported by songwriting which is always inventive and, by turns, both uplifting and heartbreaking.