Casey Meehan and the Delta Still, The Vatican Unit
(Music » Rock/Pop)
If Mark Eitzel had more of a Yiddish and Tin Pan Alley heart, he could well be Casey Meehan. A New Orleans songwriter who has teamed up with members of Lying in States and The Autumn Waking, he creates very somber moods at times. It’s not hard to imagine these desperation tunes as a soundtrack for a heartbroken and down-on-his-luck rogue slogging through the dingy city streets at 4am. During other moments, he uses sax, clarinet and Rhodes piano to produce a rollicking party gone out of bounds. Attendees of the soiree try in vain to keep one another on two feet, while glasses are raised in a celebration to anything an inebriated mind can conjure. Before long, some stumble home in each other’s arms. Others, glassy eyed, go it alone; in their heads they hear the sounds of klezmer still swilling within a tonic of cinematic pop, and they crack a crooked smile before passing out cold.
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