THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Food, Booze, and Entertainment
DDG Records
· Adam Nation is the dinner guest who came to stay.
Dream child of multi-talented songster Adam Nation, this eclectic folk-rock project has become a catch-all filter of sorts through which numerous West coast musicians have distilled extended workshops and jam sessions into one cohesive collection. Nation’s love of anything with strings shines through on each track. From flamenco to steel guitar, he shifts styles and instruments with natural ease as he manoeuvres banjo and ukulele riffs around his tall and sometimes torrid tales.
Housed in a sturdy, yet narrow hardcover book of poetry and sketch work, this oddball CD will be as difficult to shelve as it is to classify. Amid menu selections ranging from amusing introspections to dynamic diatribes such as "If I Were a Car" and "Too Many Jennifers," The Great Outdoors offers plenty of rainy day ennui in the form of raw cuts like "A Short Dissertation on Post Traveling Blues," "Lynne Shala" and "Chekov and I." A swelling rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s "1983 ( A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" only sweetens the deal. Taking its name to heart, The Great Outdoors beckons you to join its bonfire and then wraps you in honeyed tones that warm your spirit like a wool blanket and turn your bones to liquid like a hot toddy.
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