Title: Nervous Music
Product review: Mark Olson's "Salvation Blues" begins with the weeper "My Carol" and continues with tracks like "Poor Michael's Boat" and "National Express" that have Olson's nervous vocals with his high and thin voice. The songs "Keith" and "Sandy Denny" appear to be musical biographies of people with problems. While I like this acoustic folk genre, neither Olson's voice nor his songwriting connect with me in much the same way that I've shelved all the Jayhawks CDs after a couple of listenings. "My Salvation Blues" sounds like nervous music for nervous people. It doesn't strike me as overly original or likeable. However, I do like the photography in the booklet. On the closer "My One Book Philosophy," Olson's vocals are particularly painful. I fail to relate. Taxi!
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