Customer Reviews

Dead Rekoning

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This album is far superior to Kane's most recent album, the dull "Six Months, No Sun." Here, his songwriting is first rate, particularly on the witty "This Dirty Little Town," in which he gets down and grooves with Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris." Some of Kane's songs have a bit of the Irish in them, but basically he never strays far from singer-songwriter country rock. Overall, this is an overlooked independent label album that deserved a bigger audience.

Dead Reckonong is an ideal introduction to the talents of Kieran Kane. Recorded in 1994 with Dead Reckoning label partners including Mike Henderson (guitars), Tammy Rogers (fiddle) and Harry Stinson (drums) providing support, the tracks on "ead Reckoning are well structured, sung, arranged and played and effortlessly cross the alternative country, roots, folk and rock boundraries with precision and ease. Overall, Dead Reckoning is extremely user friendly and will satisfy fans of contemporary singer song writers and those (like myself) who need to add some more twang and rockin' pedal steel to their CD collection.

...I first heard him as a member of the O'Kanes on "Home of Happy Feet", KUNM radio's roots music program, and, frankly, I liked his name enough to remember to check out this CD. After the first listen, you think: this is almost too good to be true. After the fifth listen, you think: this is the best CD I've ever heard. Kane is a jewel. If Americana music interests you, Kieran Kane will surprise and delight and make you want more.

Cool Me Down.... One of the coolest songs I have heard in a long time. The album is pretty good, but this song is excellent . To bad Kane isn't advertised much like other music. I heard that song by accident & got hooked on it ever since.

Kieran Kane has been a great Americana writer and performer for some time, and this is one of his best; strong songs played by a talented group of musicians. I recommend it highly.

When I first got the disc, I played it constantly for days on end and I never got bored. I heard something new each with each spin. I also own Six Months No Sun (which I also liked) but Dead Rekoning is a superb disc which I recommend to anyone who appreciates good music.

A great CD from beginning to end. A great introduction to the artistry of Kieran Kane.

I ordered this album because of the Ramblin' Man cut by Kieran Kane on the Steel Rails anthology of railroad songs. This was a great song, but the rest of Dead Rekoning was in a completely different style--more of a pedestrian country genre. It is just like the musical Cats. There is one great song at the end, but the rest of the music seemed to be created by a completely different person. If you like Kane's Ramblin' Man, and I really do, get Steel Rails and get a lot of other good songs in the bargain.