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In Search of Cleo

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Now that I've heard this album, I have to throw away the trite comment, "not bad for an actor/singer". This is an awesome collection, actor, singer, gun nut, whatever. Unless you are a lucky few, you are only as good as the people you collaborate with, and Ms. Gershon has chosen an ensemble that delivers. All the songs are original with half being penned by Gina. That is much more remarkable than singing an album of Tom Cruise, I mean, Tom Waits covers.

If you can't sample the songs before purchasing, I'll try to do my best at describing it in words:
first take a stainless steel martini shaker and fill it with Ennio Morricone, Dwight Yoakim, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithful, Chrissy Hynde, Sergio Mendez, Aimee Mann, Chris Issak, X, and Velvet Underground. Add crushed iced and Tonic Water. There's no need for alcohol because the drink is intoxicating from the get go.

My favorite tracks are "Pretty Girls on Prozac", "Pearl", and "Watch Over Me". These songs are all familiar, even though I've said they're all originals. They grab you where it counts, su corazon!

Gina has the distinction of adding much class to the art of using the Jaw Harp. Jew Harp. Mouth Harp. That "Boy Named Charlie Brown i before e except after c" instrument. Find this album, buy this album, share this album!

Gina does an awesome job in this album, which in addition to being musically solid, seems to double as a layered homage to the classic American musical sensibilities of blues, country, rock n roll, and to some degree even pop. She managed to pull this off without being trite, simple or pretentious, which is nigh impossible when you are an actor with a rock star dream. I want this album on vinyl, it's a keeper.