Ronny Elliott - I've Been Meaning to Write (2012)

Tracklist

01. My Blood Is Too Red
02. Driving Back in Time
03. Goodnight Captain
04. These Dreams
05. A Doctor and a Lawyer
06. Handsome Harry the Hipster
07. Something Bad
08. Nobody's Cool Any More
09. Boys in Hot Rods
10. Jackpot City
11. Heart That Can't Be Broken
12. Jamaica and the Angel
13. Women Leave
14. Lmd

Ronny Elliott, a country-rock pioneer rightfully respected by discerning listeners and critics from around the world has never been as personal as he is on I’ve Been Meaning to Write. His first record in five years, and again featuring a superb supporting cast led by guitarist/co-producer Steve Connelly, is a gripping collection of raw emotion peppered with the finest of hillbilly poetry. An insurgent country singer/songwriter in the vein of Guy Clark or Townes Van Zandt, Tampa native Ronny Elliott had been a working musician for over 30 years before he released his solo debut. Elliott’s wandering muse swings from acerbic fare like “South by So What?” (from 1999′s My Nerves Are Bad Tonight), which slams the revered music industry fête, to politically charged tracks like ”Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (from 2001′s Poisonville) to a rumination on Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen’s co-dependent self-destruction (“Room 100″). By the early ’70s Ronny had been a member of the groups Soul Trippers, Noah’s Ark, Your Local Bear, and Duckbutter, to name a few, and even had a stint with big-time Southern rockers the Outlaws. It wasn’t until 1995 that he decided to step out on his own, gathering a group of Tampa musicians and self-recording Ronny Elliott & the Nationals, a lo-fi effort that garnered critical acclaim. A Postcard from Jack followed in 1998 and Ronny Elliott in 1999, while 2001 saw the release of the aforementioned Poisonville. Elliott has continued his recording output throughout the 2000s, with such albums as Magneto (2002), Valentine Roadkill (2005), and Jalopypaint (2007), all on the Blue Heart label.

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