CAITLIN CARY & THAD COCKRELL
Album Title: Begonias
Producer(s): Brad Jones, Thad Cockrell, Caitlin Cary
June 18, 2005
Recording projects pairing good friends can be dicey, but occasionally they result in something remarkable. Such is the case of "Begonias," the first full-length collaboration between singer/songwriters Caitlin Cary (ex-Whiskeytown) and Thad Cockrell.
Soaked in traditional country heartbreak, their easygoing ballads ("Please Break My Heart," "Warm & Tender Love") and shuffles ("Something Less Than Something More," "Don't Make It Better") are nothing short of pure delight. Beyond recalling a forgotten era of country music, songs like "Second Option" invoke the magic John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X often conjured in helping establish alt-country in the 1980s.
On Cary's third post-Whiskeytown project, she has finally settled on a comfortable and winning sound. One can only hope the future brings a more permanent pairing with Cockrell.
- Barry A. Jeckyll