LaFave is nothing
if not a red–dirt romantic. Viewing the world from an open road
and an open heart, with one eye on the girl and the other on the mythological
lure of the highway. First it was Woody Guthrie and then Jack Kerouac,
now it’s LaFave and his brand of dirty–boots folk–rock...
Jimmy has the most expressive voice this side of Belfast... it’s
the music of Jimmy LaFave that really defines this part of the land.”
–– Oklahoma City Gazette
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New album to be released on September 18, 2012!
Favorites 1992–2001
“Does an excellent job of showcasing not only LaFave’s vocals and songwriting, but his unmatched gifts as a stylist.”
–– John Conquest – 3rd Coast Music
Cimarron Manifesto
“A dusky, beautifully framed snapshot of life in the heartland.”
–– Pasadena Weekly
Blue Nightfall
“Jimmy LaFave makes melancholy sound like jubilation. Great songs,
all of them. His specialty remains ballads that speak the plainitive truth
cushioned by simple yet crisp instrumention. The timbre of his voice,
with its naturally emotive catch, always evokes honesty. He’s an
artist who doesn’t need musical embellishments.”
–– Mario Tarradell – Dallas Morning
News
Texoma
“LaFave sounds like a dark night gone good. And on Dylan’s “Emotionally Yours”
he proves plainly that music and spirit are two things he well understands.”
–– VH–1
Trail
“Jimmy LaFave has one of America’s greatest voices, and this
album is the story of what he has learned to do with it. It’s a
unique instrument, with startling range and its own peculiar sense of
gravity, liable to swoop in and wreck your expectations at any instant...
He sings like one of those clear channel radio stations, cutting across
the night and burrowing into parts of your heart you thought were utterly
private.”
–– Dave Marsh
Road Novel
“I’m no longer so naive about the record business that I
don’t understand why someone this fabulous doesn’t sell millions
of albums while mainstream mediocrities do. It still cheeses me off, though.
Amid the morass of popular music, Jimmy LaFave stands out like a pint
of Guinness in a bar full of Miller Lites.”
–– Eric Fidler – Associated Press
Buffalo Return to the Plains
“LaFave has a voice that somehow combines innocence and pain so
effectively that it allows LaFave to wring more emotion from a ballad
than perhaps anyone ever has. When he rocks, he does so with complete
abandon. When he chronicles love, it’s with complete immersion.
There is no pretense in him.”
–– Martin Fullington – Music Reviews
Quarterly
Highway Trance
“Highway Trance puts Jimmy LaFave in the first rank of roots rockers
to emerge from Austin, Texas. His songwriting shows equal passion for
road–house rock and romantic balladry, and his Night Tribe band
is a killer.”
–– Don McLeese – Rolling Stone
Austin Skyline
“Jimmy LaFave’s songs move me ’cause he sings them
with grit, passion, and uncommon beauty.”
–– Lucinda Williams – Recording
Artist
“Imagine if Van Morrison had been a Texan; he might have sounded
something like this.”
–– Nick Bollinger – The Listener
(New Zealand)