release date: january 30, 2009
label: unsigned
03-21-09 review by: skeeter

Andrew Duhon knows me? I don't think so, Duhon; you must have me confused with another Skeeter. Well alright, if you insist, I'll listen to your CD.

As I sat on my front porch, sipping my minty-sweet whiskey concoction and listening to his album, Songs I Wrote Before I Knew You, I realized that Andrew Duhon might know me after all. I, too, have that reverent nostalgia about growing up in the South. Sometimes I walk in the middle of the street at midnight, pondering why my misfortunes feel almost comforting. I know the people in his character sketches, I can relate to his tales about forgotten churches, and I remember that feeling of loss when a loved one passed. Alright, Duhon, you got me.

There is honesty in Duhon's voice; and with it, he makes Ryan Adams sound like a whiny, amateur roots musician. Don't mistake it as "sad bastard" music; it has a soothing, comforting quality. Duhon needs only a guitar and a microphone to complete his sound, unfortunately this makes the album sound a bit over-produced.

This is porch music, best enjoyed when screened-in while your glass of whiskey sweats in your hand. Appropriately, Andrew Duhon hails from the land of porches, New Orleans. I'm sure those that visit the Crescent City only to camp out on Bourbon Street would be surprised to hear good Americana music being played here. Not me. You know me better than that, don't you, Duhon?


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