Lost Gem: "Highway 17" - Rodney Crowell (2001)
" I'm the perfect sample of a bad example gone forever from their graces ." --> Rodney Crowell <-- Since 1972, Rodney Crowell has been writing and performing great songs, yet somehow has always been one of Americana music's best-kept secrets . (His rebellious nature at the direction mainstream country was taking probably had a lot to do with it.) After signing with an indie label... Rodney made jaws drop and eyes raise with his brilliant release... "The Houston Kid" (2001) . Quite simply, from beginning to end... RC ...hangs the laundry out in the wind for all to see. The songs feel real...and personal. Fact or fiction? I imagine a little bit of both. LOST GEM:--> "Highway 17" ...This raw acoustic story song is filled with raw memories of bad people, bad deeds...and bad luck . His chilling delivery is like a festering wound... and rides shotgun with the best. Have you heard this gem? I put away fifteen grand doing