Album Review: Jonny Two Bags

Check out my latest music review in the March 2014 issue of Illinois Entertainer magazine.
Click on the link and navigate to page 32 to see my review of the debut album from Jonny Two Bags (Social Distortion guitarist).
http://www.joomag.com/magazine/illinois-entertainer-march-2014/0118428001393706459

Jonny Two Bags

*Salvation Town*

(Isotone)

Jonny Two Bags (aka Jonny Wickersham) shatters expectations: One would expect the debut solo album from the guitarist of Social Distortion to be guitar-driven. Wrong. The 10 tracks on *Salvation Town* are solid roots rock offerings (another surprising deviation from his SoCal punk rock resume) where vocals and other instruments are just as important as the six-strings. Guest musicians abound, with Jackson Browne adding backing vocals on the upbeat “Then You Stand Alone.” “Clay Wheels” is melancholy country highlighted with accordion, and “One Foot In The Gutter,” ringing with pedal steel guitar, elicits toe-tapping during the instantly sing-able chorus: “I’ve got one foot in the gutter/and one foot kickin’ in the door to heaven.”

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- Jason Scales