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Last Updated: 12/18/2009

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State: Georgia
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August 13, 2009 - Thursday 
Found here: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/08/13/uhl_544187.shtml


by Steven Uhles for his Pop Rocks column:
Singer-songwriter John Krueger has a new online-only album, One Man Rodeo Pt 1 , available for download at his Web site, johnkruegermusic.com.
The product of an unusually literate songwriter with an innate ability to construct smart songs, Rodeo drops much of the British Invasion pop that defined Mr. Krueger's earlier work, opting instead for country-tinged tunes. Think less Ray Davies, more Gram Parsons.
The songs are catchy and packed with complex lyrical metaphor and honest emotion. That's the good news.
The bad news is, he still seems stumped by a few issues that have long bedeviled him.
Mr. Krueger writes tunes that work best in a band environment. Although recorded with bass, drum, harmonica and some pedal steel, there's never any real sense that there's a band at work.
It feels like a studio project, a solo artist augmenting his acoustic tunes. He needs a band to better bring these songs to life.
Mr. Krueger also has a tendency to occasionally back away from the song, to under-sing. There's a tradition of bashful boy singers, but Mr. Krueger's tunes don't require that kind of delivery and deserve better.
That being said, there are a few tunes, most notably the title track and Australia , that work exceedingly well.
Every artist true to his craft will readily admit that the creative impulse is a process of evolution. John Krueger is evolving, getting better, getting stronger. I can hardly wait to see what comes next.
Currently listening:
Some Kind of Salvation
By The Features
Release date: 2009-07-28
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