Tom Brosseau came to Los Angeles only a few short years ago via San Diego via North Dakota. I first heard him when Page invited me to San Diego to check out this new guy he'd been working with. I sat in the back of Lestat's, a capacity crowd of me and the soundman, listening to this guy's voice completely awestruck. It's a voice that is so distinctly delicate, a broken falsetto that one might find on back porches in Memphis from old men that have lived the hard life. Yet he was still raw, guitar playing a bit scattered, unsure of himself, and Page seemed to save every one of his bad jokes from disaster. Today, here he is, a growing favorite of the L.A. singer-songwriter scene, Flannagan's stepchild, and now the proud papa of What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye, his indie label debut -- one of the finest records of the year.
- West of Town
- Jane and Lou
- Tonight I'm Careful With You
- Wandering (duet with Angela Correa)
- Wear and Tear
- Grafton
- Unfamiliar Places
- That's When Your Heartaches Begin
- St. Joe St.
- In My Time of Dyin' (duet with Angela Correa)
- My Little Babe
- Quiet Drink
Pre-order/purchase the album here.