Description:
The pedal steel/Hawaiian wizard, who has contributed his alternately swashbuckling and swoony stylings to recordings by -- among others -- Calexico, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Giant Sand, Sally Timms and the Waco Brothers, lets fly his third CD, Steel Guitar Heart Attack. Hitting all the hotspots between Harlingen and Honolulu, Jon and his band (featuring Calexico and Jon`s longtime guitarist/ co-conspirator Tommy Connell) swing, sigh, giggle and charm their way into even those with hearts of tar. There are performances by a few of the top notch singers of our day: Neko Case (`East of the Sun`), Kelly Hogan (`Big Iron`), Rachel Flotard of Visqueen (`Harbor Lights`) and Sally Timms (`Ill Be Seeing You`). Jon even steps to the mic for one (the theme to the Andy Griffith Show `The Fishing Hole` (Bloodshot)
