Review
Album Review
The Felice Brothers Celebration, Florida
It appears that Celebration, Florida, the new album from Bob Dylan and the Band enthusiasts the Felice Brothers, has nothing to do with Disneyworld. That’s disappointing, because the idea of the rustic folkies trying to make sense of Uncle Walt’s corporate paradise is appealing. Musically the Felice Brothers act as if nothing in music after 1969 ever happened, which seems admirable when you’re enjoying their hoarse, hollering odes to murders and whiskey, kind of annoying when you see their Elliott-Landy-mimicking press shots, and pretty much pointless when you listen to Music From Big Pink -- why try to replicate that? But the Felices are energetic players and able songwriters, even if they are at a complete loss for originality. Celebration, Florida, a product of deep devotion and attention to craft, won’t change the world of country-rock, but it won’t embarrass it, either.
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One wonders if Wilson McBee actually listened to Celebration, Florida or wrote the above on some pre-consieved perception of The Felice Brothers. Anyway I don't remember tough breakbeats from 1969 or before or the playful use of synth sounds. To say their only influences are Bob Dylan and The Band is also naive - I can hear a lot of Jimmy Rodgers in there not to mention Neil Young even a touch of Georgio Moroder at the end of Ponzi. Also auto-tune wasn't around in 1969 and using it on Ian's voice in Honda Civic makes me laugh every time. Don't let Wilson put you off get this record and listen to it a few times because it is deep and deeply rewarding. Phil Johnstone (record producer)