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Miles of Music.com
Philadelphia-bred, but now NYC-based, Scott McClatchy melds a rustic twanginess with a blue-collar sensibility. It's no surprise then that fellow urban troubadours Willie Nile, Scott Kempner and the legendary Dion join him on a version of the Band's "The Weight". McClatchy displays a gift for dealing with weighty issues without being heavy-handed. He weaves a Byrdsian guitar line through the title track, a song in which he questions sin and redemption. "The Reason" and "The Legend" provide poignant looks at a troubled relationship and an over-the-hill performer, respectively. "My Family's Land" and "Goodnight Bobby", meanwhile, are two moving story-songs chronicling hardscrabble, rural American life. McClatchy concludes his fine second solo album on a rousing note with a rendition of the Del Lords' anthematic "Heaven".
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