Hot Club of Cowtown, Ghost Train - 42m 43s

Tracks & Durations

1. Sleep	3:07
2. Forget-Me-Nots	3:20
3. Home	3:10
4. It Stops With Me	4:24
5. Secret of Mine	2:53
6. Paradise With You	5:55
7. Fuli Tschai (Bad Girl)	3:00
8. You Took Advantage of Me	3:24
9. Before You	4:18
10. Cherokee Shuffle	2:20
11. Chip Away the Stone	3:17
12. Pray for the Lights to Go Out	3:27

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Review

Swing, à la Django Reinhardt and Bob Wills, is the jazz that even jazz haters can love. Its bouncy energy appeals to one and all, and in concert, the Hot Club of Cowtown are among the finest purveyors of the style. As players, they have absorbed all the lessons of their heroes; however, as songwriters, they missed a few. Violinist Elena Fremerman's "Home" sounds like a verse to an old standard that goes on and on without ever reaching the chorus, while Whit Smith's tale of a wicked stepmother is a relentlessly bleak essay set to perky music. Smith's "Sleep" and Fremerman's "Secret of Mine" fare better, but still pale beside the offhand brilliance of the Rodgers and Hart chestnut "You Took Advantage of Me." Swing fans will enjoy plenty of hot playing, but newcomers to the band will find some evidence of their live charm only on the Gypsy-style instrumental "Fuli Tschai" and the last track, the gospel-tinged "Pray for the Lights to Go Out." --Michael RossGhost Train is a significant artistic step forward for The Hot Club of Cowtown. Original songs now dominate, and their sound (once described as a hybrid of Bob Wills and Django Reinhardt) is now more complex and much more unique to these extraordinary musicians. Hightone Records. 2002.

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