“MY HEROES ARE ALL OFF IN THE GREAT BEYOND”
–from Chesnutt’s 1992 song “Lucinda Williams,” on the record West of Rome
Anyone who has heard “Seeing Black” live this late summer will pause a moment at this line.
By the way, any nominees for Best Rhyming Couplet from West of Rome? I’m pretty partial toward “Pakistanis””greasy greasy Grannies,” but perhaps “paragonLouis Farrakhan” tops it.
“HAL WILLNER HAS SAID THAT IT [WEST OF ROME]IS ONE OF THE BEST SOUNDING RECORDS EVER.”
–from the liner notes to the 2004 reissue of West of Rome