Name: By No Means
Brand: Jim Keller

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Bonus disc: No

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CSCCD1186

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-28

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8713762011864

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jim Keller

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Country / Americana

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Continental Song City

Jim Keller's mix of industrial blues and industrial menace, Don't Get Me Started, could turn out to be the definitive song for the pandemic. Keller first got attention years ago when, as part of San Francisco group Tommy Tutone, he co-wrote and performed 867-5309 "Jenny Jenny", a classic power pop tune that made 80's radio so listenable. After migrating to New York, he jumped the fence, running Philip Glass's publishing company and taking over management of Glass's career as director of Dunvagen Music. In 2005, Keller returned to recording and performing and with a voice aged by time, whiskey and promises, he's got the sound of someone who could have been Tom Petty's therapist. He's made three solo albums to date Sunshine In My Pocket (2005), Soul Candy (2011) and Heaven Can Wait (2014). A cult figure in the music business, Keller's gigs at New York's Lakeside Lounge and The Rockwood Music Hall are legendary. If the best players in town weren't on stage with him, they were in the audience, singing along, playing along, making the sort of noise that would get you locked up in a lesser town. By No Means has been written with longtime collaborator Byron Isaacs (The Lumineers, Levon Helm), produced by Mitchell Froom (Los Lobos, Crowded House, Randy Newman) and Backed by Los Lobos' David Hidalgo on guitar It's the phrasing that hooks you, sly and all knowing but still waiting to be told that one secret that might make it all worth it, that might make sense of this whole crazy mess.

By No Means

Music GB