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Brent Best of Slobberbone

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Brent Best
Texas has more than its share of proud traditions, but none prouder than the remarkable depth of its pool of storytellers. From Larry McMurtry to Jimmie Dale Gilmore,Cormac McCarthy to Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Lone Star state has been produced a stunning array of folks who've used both pen and song to convey tales that are at once universal and redolent of the land of their creation.

With his riveting solo debut, Your Dog, Champ, Brent Best makes a strong case forinclusion in that select group. The Slobberbone frontman has spent the past two decades proving his mettle as a formidable rock frontman, capable of cutting to the quick with a fierce vocal and delivering the sort of sharp-tongued wit that got the band name-checked by Stephen King (who named their "Gimme Back My Dog" one of the three greatest rock songs of all time). While Your Dog, Champ retains much of that band's steeliness, Best presents the stories actually one long and winding story told in a dozen parts with a disarming simplicity, largely swathed in acoustic instruments and spare arrangements that whisper more than they shout, shimmer more than they glare.