My Perfect World

This is the first, and thus far only, release on Tornado, the label formed by the late Doug Sahm for country ventures deemed "too country" in Nashville. (Sahm finished a solo country album himself, which is due for a March release on the label.) Though the music is not retro, the songs evoke the magic sound of twin fiddles, sawdust on the dancefloor, and kegs of cold beer on a hot summer night. Musicians such as Sahm, steel guitarist Lloyd Maines, guitarist Bill Kirchen, and fiddler Alvin Crow stamp this album indelibly with the authentic Texas honky-tonk sound. Burleson sings achingly about the disappearance of the wide open spaces, of the sheer desolation of true heartbreak, of the hell of living in a dream world while his love "lives in a nightmare." In Burleson's perfect world, "I don't want no closing time." Distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance. For additional info, contact 818-841-2473.