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This is Colin Linden stripped bare, with just his gravelly voice and acoustic guitar to guide you through most of the 13 tracks that make up Easin’ Back To Tennessee. The title’s fitting, as Linden eases back to pluck and strum through Son House, Blind Willie Johnson and Sleepy John Estes tunes, throwing in a healthy smattering of his own gems for good measure. The Canuck-in-Nashville producer-in-demand and member of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings does the Americana roots thing better than just about anybody (T-Bone Burnett and Ry Cooder being the only possible exceptions), delivering what’s possibly his best album yet.
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