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The phone rang and stirred me from a bleary-eyed reverie. I sat down, poured myself a glass of scotch and waited for the phone to ring. It rang and rang. My bags were packed and I was out on the street. Three hours and three days later and it was the imaginary man in a snake dance. The recipe:
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praised the album and wrote "... the primarily acoustic songs are adeptly arranged and filled with great melodies. Case has a reputation for being a bit too clever at times and on occasion the album's lyrics can be a bit obtuse, but overall songs like the Van Dyke Parks-arranged "Small Town Spree"
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rated the record as a "B" on his rating scale and wrote of the record; "Case's problem is that he's a born actor who won't cop to it... hence he's no more convincing now than he was when he led a group named after the
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the kid said he'd been standing on the same corner for a thousand nights. I haven't seen him for a while, guess nothing much came of it – hope he's alright. Once you get used to it – it's too bad.
607:"Steel Strings" (Acoustic version) and "I Shook His Hand" (Acoustic version) were originally released on a Geffen Records promotional record (PRO-A-2479) in 1986.
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and the harmonica-driven "Old Blue Car" rock with an immediacy that hits the listener where it should, in the gut rather than between the ears." Music critic
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845:Torn Again
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798:Peter Case
726:. New York
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635:– producer
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209:The Beat
124:Producer
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195:History
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