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Patrick Ames: All I Do Is Bleed

Read "All I Do Is Bleed" reviewed by Paul Naser


Lyric writing is an oft under-appreciated element in contemporary music. Guitarist/songwriter Patrick Ames puts lyrics front and center in his rootsy tunes. Somewhere between Tom Waits, The Velvet Underground and Robert Johnson (without the slide), Ames' stripped down recordings are direct a transmission of his feelings, aided by gritty, loose arrangements that give the feel of a living room jam session; safe to say there were few overdub sessions involved. With his latest EP, Ames conjures feelings of ...


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