The Bop Kings

Eponymously titled

(Independent)

Sometimes, simplicity is appropriate. But it's also difficult to pull off successfully. Without the obfuscation afforded by involved arrangements and instrumental busyness, weakness can be apparent.

Paradoxically, then, winning simplicity is hardest to realize. More so than its opposite.

It can be located on this disc. Tuneful and affable picking place it solidly in the country bop column. The narratives range from defiantly optimistic to pensive, but the music always carries on. Good-times and plenty of them.

Sometimes, simplicity is appropriate.

Recommended: "Clouds and Silver Linings," "Blue Moon Bop," "'59 Black Cadillac," "Stay Late Daddy," "I Should Have Left You," "Faded Jeans," "Fool With the Blues"

Video: "'59 Black Cadillac"

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