The Trouble With Humans (Train Wreck, 2003)
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
Reviewed by John Lupton
In 2001, he teamed up with Carrie Rodriguez, up till then known mostly as a fiddler, but who turns out to be a singer of attention-arresting talent, and this is their second recorded collaboration. By way of comparison, it's the sort of direct, earthy and completely engrossing songwriting (all songs either written by Taylor or co-written with Rodriguez) and singing that might be expected if, say, Ray Wylie Hubbard teamed up with Iris DeMent. Not to say it sounds exactly like that, but it's certainly at least that interesting.
With all-acoustic arrangements, Taylor's keen eye and ear for telling a good story like, well, "Dirty Little Texas Story," and Rodriguez' unaffected and completely natural twang, this disc won't take long to grow on you.
CDs by Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez



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