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by Duane Rodriguez of MATC Times

The most refreshing album of the summer comes from Wisconsin's own Willy Porter. His sixth album is How to Rob a Bank (Weasel Records) and Porter's old-school approach to making records is an open-armed welcome.

Somewhere along the way people forgot that great songwriting, solid musicianship and stellar production is what makes for a great record. And that's what this has threefold, along with Porter's original approach to his acoustic guitar and knock around vocals. That makes this a winner.

Self-produced, I love Porter's fearless use of instruments. "Wide Open Mind" includes both a piano and cello solo. On the Paul Cebar co-written "I Didn't Bring It Up" there are lap-steel, mellotron and sitar. There are horns on the title track, and "The Lemon Tree" incorporates whistles and glockenspiel.

Other standouts include "Hard Place," "Psychic Vampire," "Fear Only Fear," "Learning the Language" and "Barefoot Reel" which is arguably the best song Porter has written to date.

Excerpted from: http://media.www.matctimes.com/media/storage/paper696/news/2009/09/17/TheScene/Tunes.Of.Our.Times-3773129.shtml

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