Thursday, May 21, 2026

One headlight (The Wallflowers) (LP 4595)

The Wallflowers  Bringing Down the Horse (CD, Interscope Records, 1996) ***  

GenreAlt rock 

Places I remember: Real Groovy Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: One Headlight

Gear costume: Sixth Avenue Heartache

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7

Active compensatory factors: This is of course the band that contains Jakob Dylan and four other guys. It's tough being Bob's son and a musician to boot. Especially when he's the focal point - the lead singer and guitarist. Also tough being in a band with him because people like me call them 'four other guys'!

Jakob and the boys do a good job on Bringing Down the Horse. He doesn't sound like his dad so much, more Bruce Springsteen (especially on Three Marlenas).

The highlights come early on side one - One Headlight, Sixth Avenue Heartache (that's a Boss style title right there), The Difference and the aforementioned Three Marlenas. The rest is good too, but that start is spectacular.

Where do they all belong? Jakob's solo album can be found here.
 

No comments:

Post a Comment