Dallas Observer
Slick 57 also has a new one on the way, The Ghost of Bonnie
Parker, following up 1998's Lo-Fi Lorainne and Her Bag of Tricks
and 2000's Drunk Life. We stopped by when the band was recording
it a month or so ago at Last Beat with the underrated Paul Williams
(who's worked with The Polyphonic Spree, The Burden Brothers
and Vibrolux, to name just a few), but didn't get much of a
chance to hear what they were doing, other than popping the
tops on a round of beers. But they dropped by a copy last week,
and from what we've heard from the disc so far, it reminds us
of the days when you could call the Old 97's country and weren't
too far off. Not that Bonnie Parker is necessarily a country
record, but then, the 97's were never really a country band.
So. Looks like the album should be available sometime in July,
though we're not sure who's releasing it. At least around here.
The boys have signed with Laughing Outlaw Records, a label based
in Sydney, Australia, that's issued records from the likes of
Alejandro Escovedo and Split Lip Rayfield. No matter who puts
it out, it's destined to be one of the most East-Dallas-style-ass-kicking
records released this year!"
- Dallas Observer
