Monday, May 7, 2012

Santo and Johnny Encore


Santo & Johnny - Encore (1960)


Grab your pomade and open that Chianti... these Baciagaloops are at it again! 

On their second LP, the Brooklyn-bred Farina brothers are back with 12 more pedal steel guitar masterpieces! 

The style and sound is close to what it was on their self-titled debut LP (here), released a year prior in 1959.  Its sparse and haunting with an otherworldly pedal steel sound that can cut through a dense fog on a dark night.  The highlights are "Tear Drop", "Venus" and the fantastically sad-sounding, "You Belong to Me."

RATING: 4.5 Prego Jars* out of a possible 5

(* Its in there!)

 

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