Randy Newman his old classic self
A review of a recent concert in Baton Rouge, from The Advocate.
By JOHN WIRT
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[Randy Newman] often writes story and character songs. He's paints a happy portrait of a self-satisfied factory worker in the Southern-spiced "Birmingham." "Dixie Flyer," an audience favorite, tells a rare autobiographical tale. The song's characters include Newman's own homesick mama. She's a lonely young woman in Los Angeles during World War II, longing for family back in New Orleans.
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Obviously, Newman couldn't get out of Baton Rouge without playing the song of his own composition that became a post-Hurricane Katrina hymn. Based on the Mississippi River flood of 1927 though "Louisiana 1927" is, its evocative snapshot lyrics and pleading chorus resonated with 2005's flood- and hurricane-generated destruction. The song is an American classic, just like its composer.
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The Advocate's full review is available for purchase on their site.
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