LP - SPAGHETTI, EDDIE - OLD NO.2 marbled vinyl

Second solo release from 'Suckers frontman Eddie Spaghetti.
Blue/Custard marbled vinyl Now that the Supersuckers have
become a productive cottage industry thanks to the good people
at Mid-Fi Records (namely the band itself), 'Suckers frontman
Eddie Spaghetti has given us his second solo album in as many
years with 2005's Old No. 2. Like his previous solo disc Sauce,
Old No. 2 is dominated by covers, though Eddie wrote a whopping
four new songs for this set (double his output for Sauce), and
since this album boasts a significantly lower goofiness quotient
than his previous go-round, he offers us some solid and literate
country-rock tunes, including the ode to touring "Here We Go"
and a rueful look back at a busted romance, "Some People Say."
Old No. 2 is in the tradition of the Supersuckers' periodic visits to
the land of twang, with even the AC/DC and Coasters covers
boasting a semi-acoustic sawdust-on-the-floor vibe, and his band
(anchored by guitarist Jordan Shapiro) kicks up a satisfying
amount of dust, even with the amps turned down. While Eddie
unwittingly reveals how narrow his vocal range can be on a
couple of tunes, he makes with the attitude when he needs to and
sounds like he means it when he wants to, and his versions of Bob
Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" and Willie Nelson's
"Everywhere I Go" show the guy is a better interpretive singer
than one might expect. Oh, and if you were looking for a straightup joke, check out the Aerosmith revision on track 11. Old No. 2 is
hardly revelatory, but it sounds like Eddie and his pals enjoyed
their four days in the studio, and the good vibe is infectious -- lots
of guys have tried a whole lot harder without coming up with a
record half as enjoyable as this. - Mark Deming AMG
TRACKLISTING: 01. TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU
02. ALL ALONG 03. SOME PEOPLE SAY 04. WITHOUT LOVE 05. CARRY
ME HOME 06. HEY SEXY 07. I DON'T WANNA KNOW 08. HERE WE GO
09. I DON'T WANNA GROW UP 10. EVERYWHERE I GO 11. SICK AS A
DOG