Driving to the liquor store tonight a real purty Lucinda Williams song came on the radio. This of course made me think of Ken Layne, so I called Matt Welch.

As the gods would have it, Ken answers the phone in L.A. unaware of the fact that he was not in the right house, city or state.

It was simply brilliant to have a chat and hear that Ken was in L.A. for reasons of music.

I am still pumped on his latest (first) CD. The sad, mean, purty little bastard is spinning in the music machine at the moment and it makes running behind the bar much more fun on the nights I am working in Hoboken. And I am loving turning the regulars onto the Bootlegs.

Doug Shank, a fine drinker and bassist, had this to say about Ken’s CD:

He does have a great knack for songwriting and lyric writing, and even these scratch takes are much better than the processes shit that the "BIG 4" put out each year.

Kudos to Ken... when I'm employed again, I'll toss a dime in his
Monkey Cup.... congratulate him on the B Minor chord in "I should be
That Guy" for me too.

Can’t wait for Ken Layne and the Corvids to play The Quiet Woman Pub in Hoboken. Soon, lads, soon.