Description:
The Pigeons Couldnt Sleeps 13 tracks range from blistering and bluesy house-shakers to ballads of tender urgency. The album begins with a haunted slide-guitar passage by Himmelman (whose guitar prowess shouldnt be underestimated) and ends with the gospel tinged `If We Could Hold Each Others Hunger,` about the power of empathy. In between, Himmelman proffers such powerful songs as `Gratitude,` `War of Words` and `The Ship of Last Hope.` The songs on this self-produced album started as sketches, which Himmelman developed until they were `finished paintings.` He was joined by Willie Aron (Victoria Williams, Balancing Act) on vocals; Brett Simons (Fiona Apple, Liz Phair), bass; Jeff Babko (James Taylor), keyboards; George Shelby (Brian Setzer), saxophones; Jimmy Englund (Hindu Rodeo), drums, Lee Jaffee (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh), harmonica, and Israeli musician Daniel K. Man on piano and Hammond B3. The CD comes bundled with a DVD, a feature-length documentary, Rock God. The 65-minute film begins in the 70s with footage of Himmelmans notorious Minnesota new wave band, Sussman Lawrence. (Himmasongs)
