{"product_id":"4030433048825-big-tobacco","title":"Big Tobacco","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUCT DESCRIPTION \u003cbr\u003e Joe Pernice - Big Tobacco \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AMAZON \u003cbr\u003e Joe Pernice first made his name with the Scud Mountain Boys, a sleepy four-piece who played while seated around a small table; the Scuds were so sedate that they slowed down Cher's \"Gypsies, Tramps and Theives\" to a tender, somnabulent lullaby and their original compositions earned them comparisons to 1970s middle-of-the-road stalwarts Bread. Pernice carried the same tone through to his work with the Pernice Brothers, and turned up the volume a bit on the self-titled album from Chappaquiddick Shyline. Now, on his solo debut--well, the first album issued under his own name--Pernice mines familiar territory, but with a lush sound not often found in his previous work. The melodies and lyrics are as winsomely maudlin as ever: \"So help me Lord, get me stoned again,\" he sings on \"Prince Valium\"; \"Bum Leg\" opens with the explanation that \"I got this scar above my eye from a dirty little shit who tried to love me underneath the bridge\"; and \"Second Semester Lesbian\" finds the narrator despairing over a confusing college romance. Pernice may be doomed to remain an obscure gem of a songwriter, a Nick Drake without the cachet, but those who have been turned onto the Massachusets tunesmith wouldn't trade his songs for the world. --Randy Silver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53597936124278,"sku":"4030433048825","price":10.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13095526_19310025_20241114080003.jpg?v=1731657925","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/4030433048825-big-tobacco","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}