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Amazon.com As it turns out, this lanky Tar Heel is more than just a twangy roots rocker par excellence. Lee's sophomore release for Shanachie reveals a songwriter of great wit, sympathy, and conscience, as steeped in the best post-Dylan confessionalists as musical heroes like Jerry Lee Lewis and Hank Williams. Befriended by Nashville guitarist and producer Richard Bennett, as well as Wilco alumni Jay Bennett, Ken Coomer, and John Stirratt, Lee still throws down the Stonesy country rock, but his irony-free songwriting is his ace in the hole. From the tale in hard times "3 Faces in the Window" (with Gillian Welch), to the political folk rock of "Babylon," to the torchy "It's Crying" (a duet with Allison Moorer), and the comic but genuinely wise and regretful title track (played as a guitar and harmonica demo), Lee shows that inside his trashy trailer rock is a heart as big as the 18 wheelers he used to drive. --Roy Kasten
