Tom Russell - Mesabi (Audio CD - 2011)

Mesabi was recorded in different studios, and hosts a wide variety of sounds and textures. "Farewell Never Never Land" is an elegy for child actor Bobby Driscoll, (the voice of Peter Pan in the Disney production; he also played Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island.) "The Lonesome Death of Ukelele Ike," a ragtime swinger, reflects the Disney star's positive outlook, though he died penniless and forgotten, making the tune a bitter irony. "Sterling Hayden" is among the album's strongest songs, named for the tough, hard-bitten actor. Russell -- with his beautiful weave of Spanish tinges, country, and folk -- aurally paints a portrait of the man's complexities.

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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Mesabi 4:05
2 When the Legends Die 5:34
3 Farewell Never Never Land 5:56
4 The Lonesome Death of Ukulele Ike 3:23
5 Sterling Hayden 4:18
6 Furious Love (For Liz) 1:38
7 A Land Called "Way Out There" / Hutterite Choir 4:00
8 Roll the Credits, Johnny 3:28
9 Heart Within a Heart 4:04
10 And God Created Border Towns 2:49
11 Goodnight, Juarez 3:44
12 Jai Alai 4:26
13 Love Abides 3:48
14 A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall Bonus Track 8:54
15 The Road to Nowhere Bonus Track / From Road to Nowhere 3:31