As many a road manager for a Brit-rock act has discovered, America is a difficult place to transverse.
The land between Nashville, Austin, and Bakersfield is littered with thousands of acoustic guitars, each
chronicling their own small patch of experience. Some sound like country, some sound like folk, and
some sound like rock 'n roll. But they all share the same defiant tone of words that need to be said.
That's a lot of sound to fit into the small space between strings and the neck. But Dusty Wright
still carries the country in a case, writing music that captures all the heights and depths that blow
across this land. The job is part of tradition, but it's as simple as a tune that can't be forgotten.
These are songs measured in bus fare, and built on heartbreak, humor, and perseverance.
Authenticity is not an issue. Dusty Wright is a modern guy who has recorded and worked with folks
like Matthew Sweet, The Delevantes, and Robert Quine. He's recorded on both sides of the Atlantic,
with whoever brings out the best in a song. He's not sleeping under the stars. He's not rustling cattle.
He's not riding the rails--unless you count the occasional D train.
Dusty Wright is just sitting alone in a room, where he writes songs that resonate beyond
any four walls. That's how it's worked before. That's how it's working now.
WHAT CRITICS SAID ABOUT DUSTY'S THIRD CD ELEVENED:
"This one's a winner."
THE BIG TAKEOVER
"His third collection confidently swaggers between harmonica blowing gunslinger
country rock (Dusty Road), rowdy swamp Nashville boogie (Cherry RedMustang),
and barroom waltzes (Cuts Like A Blade); and that’s just the first three tracks."
NETRHYTHMS.com
"Instead of the haze kicked up on old dirt roads by pickups, Dusty Wright makes music
that’s more like space dust. The elements are the same, particles of chord progressions
and themes spun by tunesmiths since Hank Williams’s big bang, but this veteran
New York City–based guitar slinger takes his tunes to a different astral plane."
VILLAGE VOICE
WHAT CRITICS SAID ABOUT DUSTY'S SECOND CD:
"This intriguing and entertaining album is the soundtrack to a movie in his head."
REVOLUTIONS
"Highly atmospheric, like the soundtrack to a free-associated movie,
this trippy disc will appeal to adventurous alt-country fans."
CDNOW
"A genuinely cinematic opus, Wright's second album is a lovingly crafted
morality play-of-sorts, invoking a narrative of some mystical Western film
somewhere between vintage Peter Weir and Sam Peckinpah."
AMAZON
WHAT CRITICS SAID ABOUT DUSTY'S DEBUT CD:
"This is country at its most progressive. Dusty is a lover of country,
but he's not content to mimic styles; rather, he builds on them in interesting ways."
NO DEPRESSION
"If a new outlaw phase is underway, then go ahead and write Dusty Wright's
name where Waylon Jennings name appeared during the original rebellion."
MRFP
"Dusty's music has its foundation in the land of country, perhaps somewhere
in the footsteps behind Butch Hancock and Townes Van Zandt,
but I also hear echoes of the 60s folk-rock scene."
COUNTRY ROCK SPECIALISTEN/Sweden
