Live Review: Robert Earl Keen in West Hollywood, CA

Texan Robert Earl Keen [ tickets ] writes songs for barren front porches or crowded barrooms, songs meant for careful introspection and tunes that improve when everyone sings along. In a few instances--"The Road Goes on Forever," for example--celebration and observation are synchronized and the party's chronicler becomes the man in charge of getting the shebang started. As he starts yet another lengthy tour, Keen is well aware that the better the party, the better the show. Touring in suppor...

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