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Title: Live from Desolation Row
Review: An amazing piece of recorded history. Willie &#65533; well past his last nickel &#65533; goes for broke on these recorded demos in hopes to peddle his wares to Patsy Cline and the like. The hunger and desperation are palpable in failed-relationship-as-apocalypse classics such as &#65533;I&#65533;ve Just Destroyed the World&#65533; and &#65533;Darkness on the Face of the Earth.&#65533; But you can also hear the artistry of a man who studied Frank Sinatra for timing and could coin a country phrase with the best of &#65533;em. Still, this stuff is so haunted that it&#65533;s a wonder anyone heard the hit potential behind all the pain. For those who think Johnny Cash&#65533;s recent cover of Nine Inch Nails is as low as ay man ought to sink, try &#65533;Opportunity to Cry&#65533; or &#65533;Permanently Lonely,&#65533; the best broken heart revenge song ever written.
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