Genre: Album
Grade: A-/B+
Notable People: King Leg Produced by: Dwight Yoakum
Title: Meet King Leg
Review: First album effort from this unusual musician, from 2017. He’s a Yoakum discovery and often shows up on Dwight’s Sirius XM show. Hung around LA for years making music in living rooms until he was discovered, and has not done too much new since, but tours a lot with a cracker jack post-alt country-ish band. I heard a few lush numbers on the radio and really liked his unusual vocal style resembling Jimmy Dale Gilmour and, at times, the great Roy Orbison. Add in the jingly strains of Petty and McGuinn 12 string guitar lore and guitar sounds like the immortal Clarence White has come back to life with the b-bender making a Strat sound like a pedal steel- and there are a lot of elements here to like. That said, some song inconsistency made it a little les thrilling. Hoping to check out more from this interesting artist