Moriarty
Gee Whiz but This Is a Lonesome Town

THE REVIEW

FROM EUROPE TO THE WEST...

"We must go and never stop until we get there.
Where are we headed, friend?
I don't know but we must go." (Jack Kerouac - On the road)

There are novels that make us forget our lives, that take us far away and make us dream, there is music that can make us travel, the road is easy and everything goes smoothly, the show can begin.

The train rolls slowly on the tracks, wooden seats and the scent of tobacco, the light passing through the windows is reassuring and never dazzling, the sepia tones fix the landscape as if it were a photo with a burned flash, small stations are passed through unhurriedly, the blues first and then on and on, jazz, alt-country, bluegrass, and especially folk.

Rosemary sings, like Joni Mitchell, alluring and sensual, sexy and melancholic, Rosemary Moriarty, a name that brings us back to Dean Moriarty, protagonist of the famous book by Jack Kerouac, "On the road", an icon of the Beat Generation and a symbol of the "journey", among women, alcohol, and drugs, in search of a destination, with the obsession of jazz.

"Gee Whiz But This Is A Lonesome Town" is dust and sweat, the smell of whiskey and smoke, a cabaret inside a saloon, where far is near and near is emotion, simple, double bass, slide guitar, harmonica, violin, and banjo play like in a John Wayne or Quentin Tarantino movie, elegance and atmospheres close to the early Black Heart Procession are always present in a soft sunset where time stands still.

"Jimmy" (the video - http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x3co0t_moriarty-video-jimmy)