Johnny Dowd used to be in the moving business in upstate New York and only released his debut album Wrong Side Of Memphis at the ripe age of fifty. Maybe that´s the reason his twisted amalgam of country and blues sounds both timeless and out of time? The spooky opener Murder provides the perfect soundtrack noir to whatever Chandler, Crumley or Ellroy novel you´re enjoying at the moment. "There´s been a murder here today, the weapon was a knife, the woman wore a wedding ring, I don´t think she was his wife..."
