Dog and Tony Show – Sidewalk Diamonds (2023) Hi-Res
Quality: FLAC 24 bit / 44.1 kHz (Tracks)
Artist: Dog and Tony Show
Title: Sidewalk Diamonds
Released: 2023
Style: Americana, Country Folk, Singer-Songwriter
RAR Size: 324 Mb
Tracklist:
01. Ms. Lynn (3:41)
02. Spinning Wheels (3:02)
03. Reluctant Fools (2:44)
04. Big Bang (2:34)
05. How Broken Hearts Are Made (5:12)
06. Katydid (5:20)
07. Hanging Around the Lost and Found (3:56)
08. Everybody Has A Song (3:14)
09. Sun and Moon (3:13)
Here he’s joined by long-time regular collaborators – Beth Pyper-Holz on backup vocals and Nick Pyper-Holz on drums and co-production duties. Opener ‘Ms Lynn’ is inspired by Loretta Lynn and is a rocky guitar/piano foot stomper. It’s about the challenges of long-term relationships and is intriguing as it changes tempo regularly, changing from 3/4 to 4/4 time – but it works. Thomas and Pyper-Holz’s combined vocals sound great.
Having lost both his parents in recent years – ‘Spinning Wheels‘ is about his parents and is a collection of memories of his upbringing. It’s another jangly guitar tune and the vocals again work superbly. Gritty guitar rocker ‘Reluctant Fools’ has a Replacements feel and is about three important people in Thomas’s life, finding themselves in situations they hadn’t planned for. This includes his musing on his 30-year-long marriage to his wife – the ‘Reluctant Fools‘ of the title – and how she wasn’t keen on the idea of marriage – but thirty years later, they’re still going strong – and the song finishes with the line – “I still have one last dream so hold on tight, We’ll still get what we want”.
‘Big Bang’ is another up-tempo rocker with some nice synth work – and this, together with the album as a whole, has a Grandaddy feel to it. Not all the tracks are rockers – there are some acoustic-tinged numbers like ‘Everybody Has A Song’ and whilst Thomas’ voice isn’t the strongest – when he sings with Pyper-Holz, the songs benefit from the effect of their combined efforts.