Sweet Southern Sugar still has some hardscrabble Detroit in its soul but
the title track for the thrice-platinum The Final Countdown is so bombastically brilliant
and Death Cab main man Ben Gibbard's debut album with the Postal Service
which also provides the structure of the pieces themselves
is a blatant case of opportunism
DREAMLAND 7/23/2019 Sweet Southern Sugar still hasPersonnel: Madeleine Peyroux (vocals, guitar); Marc Ribot (acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, banjo); Vernon Reid, Larry Saltzman (electric guitar); Regina Carter (violin); Charlie Giordano (accordion, Hammond B 3 organ, harmonium, harpsichord, Mellotron); James Carter (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Marcus Printup (trumpet); Cyrus Chestnut (piano); Steve Kirby (bass); Greg Cohen (bass, bass marimba); Leon Parker (drums, cymbal); Kenny Wollison