Steve Bedunah - Plug it in and Play [2007/VBR189]

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Steve Bedunah - Plug it in and Play
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Artist...............: Steve Bedunah
Album................: Plug it in and Play
Genre................: Country
Year.................: 2007
Codec................: LAME 3.97
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Standard, (avg. bitrate: 189kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Posted by............: bitsarah.com on 6/23/2007
Included.............: NFO, SFV, M3U


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Tracklisting
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01. (03:45) Steve Bedunah - Down to This River
02. (03:58) Steve Bedunah - Please Have Her Call Me
03. (03:38) Steve Bedunah - Plug it in and Play
04. (03:01) Steve Bedunah - Little Sister
05. (03:56) Steve Bedunah - Oak Planks
06. (03:28) Steve Bedunah - Down the Drain
07. (04:33) Steve Bedunah - Albuquerque's a Long, Long Way
08. (03:26) Steve Bedunah - Lady With the Sad Face
09. (03:32) Steve Bedunah - Reunion
10. (04:19) Steve Bedunah - If You Need to Help

Playing Time.........: 37:39
Total Size...........: 50.93 MB

NFO generated on.....: 6/23/2007 12:04:00 PM


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Even from the beginning, songwriter/singer Steve Bedunah received high
praise for his work. Robert Oermann, Nashville’s most acclaimed critic, wrote
in Music Row about Bedunah’s “The Johnstons” in his first CD Hand Me Down
Land, “The first thing that catches your ear is the band laying down a
twangin’, thumpin Cash-like groove. The second thing that you notice is that
you’re in the presence of a major songwriter. This dark dramatic word portrait
will haunt you.”

Brian Owens, in Metronome Magazine, remarked, “It wouldn't be surprising to
see Bedunah nominated for Best New Country Act for this outstanding
album.” Jim Beal of the San Antonio Express notes that Bedunah is “among
the best when it comes to chronicling the clash of urban and rural Texas.”

The best advice about listening to Bedunah’s second album Plug It In and Play
is indeed to “ plug it in and play, play loud as you can” as the verse says. Plug
It In and Play mesmerizes with an assortment of country and suburban
characters who value their land, their music, their relatives, and their whiskey
as they battle their way through a life they didn’t choose. These carefully
crafted vignettes capture the pathos of our times perfectly.

Bedunah’s songs create a tension between a dark, overwhelming world and
the sometimes fiery but always individualistic characters who seek to gain
some margin of hope. The CD’s foreboding atmosphere is balanced by its high
energy and Bedunah’s superb use of imagery and metaphoric language,
raising his songs to poetic heights. Despite their dark trappings, the songs
uplift the listener and make him think.


Bedunah can move from a foot stomping, can’t keep your foot still rhythm to
lullaby at the drop of a hat and it all makes sense. If you love songs that
echo in your head long after you’ve listened to them and you have a wide
range in musical taste, Steve Bedunah delivers on both counts. Try one of his
albums. It won’t be a casual “this is nice” listening experience.. It will be a
unique Americana “slice of life” experience you will treasure over and over
again.


Steve Bedunah was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up on its western
edge overlooking the Trinity Valley to the grasslands of the West, a rugged
and rattlesnake infested place. But he spent many of his weekends and
summers in East Texas on his grandfather’s farm. He learned much about the
Texas spirit from his hardworking, tough spirited relatives. He formed a band
when he was in elementary school and started writing his first songs. He’s
never been able to put down his guitar or his pen for very long. Bedunah like
Texas is large and powerfully built with a low, strong voice. You can find
Bedunah singing all over the Southwest’s many bars, honky tonks, and music
festivals.
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