Legendary Memphis producer, session cat and wild man
Jim Dickinson rarely performs solo, but his friend
Chuck Prophet lured him out for two nights in 1992, and the live sets from Slim's (and three tracks from McCabe's in Santa Monica) were captured on tape.
Prophet and his Creatures of Habit back
Dickinson on a treasure trove of songs from the annals of rock history:
Sir Mack Rice's "Money Talks, ''
Walter "Furry'' Lewis' "K.C. Jones'' and
Dan Penn's "Pain and Strain.''
Dickinson's own "Across the Borderline'' (co-written with
Ry Cooder and
John Hiatt) is a modern classic, covered by
Dylan and
Springsteen and every singer-songwriter in between. On this night, the Creatures of Habit bring their sincere love of
Dickinson's craft to that song as well as the 11 other raw, rootsy renditions included in the set.
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Denise Sullivan, Rovi