Bob Reuter has lived the life. A well regarded photographer, radio personality, lyrical author and musician, Reuter has always been ahead of his time, putting out proto-punk 45s in the 7\u20190s with his band the Dinosaurs and helping Uncle Tupelo become one of the pioneers in the alt-country world in the early \u201890s. The only thing Reuter has yet to do after fifty plus years of playing music? Put out a 12\u201d slab of wax. Until now that is.<\/p>\n
The impetus for Reuter\u2019s venture in a vinyl LP wasn\u2019t a pretty one. While Reuter was laid up in the hospital after a near death experience, some younger musicians who were admirers of his radio show paid a visit, setting the wheels in motion for the Alley Ghost collaboration to Reuter\u2019s timeless rock songs.<\/p>\n
A disc that sounds like a collection of all of Reuter\u2019s sounds over the decades, Born There<\/i> spans gritty, blues-infused rockers, playful folk sensibilities, and even touches on the proto-punk meets garage rock Reuter is most known for. As always, his wordplay is honest, sometimes hilarious, and entirely straightforward, and the disc as a whole has a very spontaneous feel, probably due in part to the fact that it was recorded live, with piano, organ, and extra guitars gently layered afterwards.<\/p>\n
The disc begins with a roar, the first few tracks yielding a quick pace of rustic bar rockin\u2019 rowdiness, though by \u201cI Couldn\u2019t Break Your Heart,\u201d Reuter shows a more sparse side, a ballad with some heart heavy wordplay. \u201cBaby, No\u201d has an oldies vibe to it, and wouldn\u2019t have been out of place during a chase scene in Stand By Me, <\/i>and \u201cSaint Louis,\u201d well, it illustrates just how ingrained that city is into Reuter\u2019s being.<\/p>\n
Though he is already a legend in his hometown of St. Louis, it sure did take Reuter awhile to receive the accolades he deserved (he was named \u201cBest Songwriter Of 2010\u201d locally), it was worth than worth the wait for this LP to come to life. The musical autobiography to a man whose existence has been characterized by endless creative endeavors, it\u2019s pretty clear Reuter isn\u2019t done yet, which we should all be happy for. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":30959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8850],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-42639","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-bob-reuters-alley-ghost","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}