(photos by Jarrod Vrazel : acountry.com)
Robert Earl Keen
live at Cave Creek Coffee Co.
June 16, 2005
Cave Creek, Arizona
Robert Earl Keen – lead vocals and guitar
Rich Brotherton – lead guitar
Bill Whitbec – bass
Marty Muse – steel guitar
Tom Van Schaik – drums The Robert Earl Keen show rolled into Cave Creek, Arizona Thursday night (June 16) for an intimate performance at Cave Creek Coffee Co. The sold-out crowd was treated to a vast array of REK classics and new songs from What I Really Mean.
Buy What I Really Mean now and experience for yourself the music that is receiving glowing reviews nationwide:
* * * You have to admire a country singer who’ll write about a drag queen singing the Hank Williams catalog, especially when the same guy can write something as touching as What I Really Mean. Throughout, this Texan balances his stranger notions ó such as the vivid A Border Tragedy, which features a cameo from Ray Price ó with more conventional fare such as the country-rocker The Wild Ones. But whatever he’s singing, it sticks with you. – Brian Mansfield
óUSA TODAY
ìWhimsical storytelling is one of this cheerful Texas troubadour’s giftsÖ Keen delivers the most commercial country material of his career (Brooks & Dunn-ish on “The Wild Ones,” Big & Rich-like on “Broken End of Love”) without sacrificing the intelligence and integrity that have brought this much-loved cult
figure to the cusp of something bigger and richer.î
-BILLBOARD
ìA- / Americana musicís standard-bearer Robert Earl Keen spins tales funny, rocking and poignant on ëWhat I Really Mean.í This set may finally get Keen the mainstream country audience he deserves.î
-KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE
ìFew songwriters are as cinematic as Robert Earl KeenÖhis eleventh album finds the Texas troubadour transforming indelible characters, vivid description, and narrative drive into movies for the ear.î
-AMAZON.COM
ì***ÖKeen has always mitigated his soft twang and bluegrass instrumentation with singer-songwriterly gold sounds, but his twelfth album might be his breeziest yet.î
-ROLLING STONE
ìA collection of songs filled with emotion, depth, strength, and unique character. This is what makes music worth hearing.î
-HYBRID Magazine
ìíWhat I Really Meaní shines as his best vocal performance, an album that showcases his grasp of nuances, boasts his most accomplished batch of songs and his expert command of varied instruments to augment his folk-country sound.î
-DALLAS MORNING NEWS
ìMusically, Keen is all over the map. His gospel-tinged ëLong Chain,í the Celtic-flavored ëThe Traveling Storm,í and the Tex-Mex sound of ëA Border Tragedyí reveal his breadth. ëWhat I Really Meaní should win Keen even more admirers.î
-POP MATTERS
ìHow can you resist a song about Hank Williams playing Philly in drag, singing of human imperfections, a tear causing his mascara to run down his cheek as he complains that country music if full of freaks? Thatís ìThe Great Hank,î and Keenís offbeat humor is the first thing you notice.î
-ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE
ìKeenís ability to spin a good story song is considerable, even by the Lone Star standard. ëWhat I Really Meaní is filled with compositional milepostsÖî The Great Hankî and ìA Border Tragedyî are marvelous songs that embody what Robert Earl Keen is all about, which is having fun. Texas-size fun.î
-WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL
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