{"id":995,"date":"2011-11-02T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=995"},"modified":"2011-11-02T07:35:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T11:35:12","slug":"buy-a-gun-or-go-to-memphis-gary-hunn-the-wayward-angels-dust-gin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/11\/02\/buy-a-gun-or-go-to-memphis-gary-hunn-the-wayward-angels-dust-gin\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy A Gun or Go To Memphis: Gary Hunn and the wayward angels, Dust & Gin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Readers, I have a confession: the person in charge of NTSIB’s ReviewShine account is me. And when I’m going through submissions I generally tend to scroll up to the top of the list, press play and then let it roll, as if it was the radio. When a songs pops up that gets my attention, then I’ll dig deeper and see if I like the whole record.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, it was Buy a Gun or Go To Memphis<\/em> by Gary Hunn and the wayward angels<\/a> that made me stop and say “Who is that<\/em>?” out loud to my computer:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/youtu.be\/HIM_t4H7HM4<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if the question of “Death or Graceland?” has ever been posed in quite that way before, but in any case, I did go and listen to the rest of the record to see what other gems might be lurking. And there are several; I’m especially fond of Broken Lives are Mended Here<\/em> and Breathe As You Go<\/em>, but in general, if you like old-school honky tonk music with piano and pedal steel, this is a record for you.<\/p>\n

The biggest surprises came when I went to find out where Hunn was from and what else he’d done. I had somewhat arbitrarily filed him under “Tennessee” because of both his accent, musical style, and the Graceland reference, but it turns out he’s actually from Magnetic Island<\/a>, which is five miles offshore of the city of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. Furthermore, this is his first country record, though not his first musical venture; he has previously spent some time in the world of blues and garage rock.<\/p>\n

If you like what you’ve heard so far, you can get Dust & Gin <\/em> from Amazon<\/a>, iTunes<\/a>, or, if you prefer a hard copy, from Mr. Hunn himself<\/a>. If you need additional enticement, here’s one more song for the road:<\/p>\n

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Gary Hunn - Broken Lives Are Mended Here<\/div><\/div>
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