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Peter Case Peter Case initiates may find it hard to believe that "Something Happens" comes from the same singer/songwriter who once belted out "A Million Miles Away" to throngs of post-punk new wavers. The song's simple, back porch twang is the perfect vehicle for lyrics about the ineffable magic of a lover's embrace – but it’s far cry from the high-octane approach of The Plimsouls, with whom Case snagged his 15 minutes of fame in the early '80s. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Case has proved especially resilient -- in the second act of his career, he has reinvented himself as a folk-blues poet in the tradition of? Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. "Something Happens" is of a piece with the best of his roots-influenced solo work. Born in Buffalo in 1954, Case left home at 18, landing in the San Francisco Bay Area by way of Chicago. There he busked on the streets, lived in a junkyard squat, and eventually began performing in local coffee houses, sometimes with Beat legend Allen Ginsberg. In 1976, he signed on as the bassist for the punk-pop band The Nerves, best known for their song, "Hanging On The Telephone," later covered by Blondie. In the wake of the band's break-up in 1978, Case moved to L.A. and formed the Plimsouls. Mixing punk energy with pop songcraft, the band made a name for itself?in the early '80s with "Zero Hour" and "A Million Miles Away." After an EP, two full-lengths and a cameo in the film Valley Girl, the Plimsouls dissolved in '84. Instead of looking for another high-energy rock outfit, Case (who had since become a born-again Christian) decided to focus on songwriting instead -- his folky, self-titled solo debut appeared in '86. Produced by T-Bone Burnett and Mitchell Froom, the album didn't sell well, but it was a huge critical success, singled out as "Record Of The Year" by The New York Times. It also spawned the college radio hit, "Steel Strings." His next two releases (1989's The Man With The Blue Post-Modern Neo-Traditionalist Guitar and 1992's Six Pack of Love) only added to his critical cache and ever-expanding audience of hardcore fans. In 1994, the indie label Vanguard released Case's Sings Like Hell, a lo-fi set of simple, spare folk-blues songs that harked back to his days as a street musician. He followed up with Torn Again in '95, and Full Service No Waiting in '97. 1998 saw a Plimsouls reunion disc, Kool Trash, which was hailed by critics as a strong return to power-pop form. But the reunion proved to be a detour in Case's evolution. He's already been there, done that, and at 46, this "old-timer" would rather keep things simple and acoustic. Miles away from the punky sound that first put him on the musical map, "Something Happens" is another literate, folksy gem from this critically adored, commercially under-appreciated artist. -- David Wollock David Wollock created and edited the groundbreaking hip-hop publication Rap Sheet. He currently freelances for a number of local and national rags, including The Hollywood Reporter, the LA New Times and Hip-Hop Connection among others. He has interviewed (and been threatened by) some of the nations largest rap stars. |
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| A million miles away from his power-punk roots, the ex-Plimsoul turned folk-poet returns with this acoustic paean to the therapeutic value of TLC. |
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