JD McPherson – Nite Owls (CD) artist-courtney-barnett and the band had been

and the band had been absorbing throughout that era

Undertow (2007 Remaster)

abrasive passages and Tweedy's unflinching lyrics about anxiety and medication made it a divisive listen on release

exposing reggae to his faithful through Bob Marley's "Stir It Up

making these July 2016 performances both a homecoming and a genuine concert event

JD McPherson – Nite Owls (CD) artist-courtney-barnett and the band had beenOklahoma bred rock and roller JD McPherson built his reputation on an almost supernaturally precise feel for vintage American sounds, the kind of deep record collector knowledge that makes his guitar work feel both timeless and lived in. The years spent in Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's orbit clearly pushed him toward new sonic territory, and Nite Owls lands somewhere genuinely unexpected, post punk atmospherics filtered through the same instincts