DeChirico Street is the latest CD from tunesmith Craig Robertson.

This album has thirteen songs to
stir your soul and give you
something to ponder.

Here's the song lineup:
1. The Leopard
2. Frontporch
3. You Can't Stay Here
4. Bea-fucking-utiful
5. Even Stephen
6. Higher Heels
7. Goodbye Paul Tibbets
8. Nicotine
9. Hard
10. The Gate
11. Sparrow caught in the Thorns
12. The Dark Derby
13. The Big Nowhere

There is a "warning" about adult
language and situations on the
back cover.

"The Leopard" is a song about
superficial changes, perhaps
outward appearances, but, in
the end, it's the same old thing.

"Frontporch" had me laughing
at least a couple of times. I can
relate to kicking back and
watching the world go on its
way. You can hear Craig on
slide guitar in this tune. Craig,
your second verse is my
favorite.

You Can't Stay Here... This sceneplays out nightly in every city in the world. Perhaps, it is a social
commentary. The intro is sweet.
It starts with slide guitar and
goes into Craig's trademark
growl. You can picture a smoke
filled bar like something from an
old classic Bogart film. Play IT
Again Sam.

The fourth track should have
come third, before the last
track, because I'd bet that
scenario more than likely plays
out in reverse order more times
than not.

"Even Stephen" sounds like an
old folk song. It is as though
Craig waltzes back in time to
the mid nineteenth century. This
is a unique song in that it is
nothing like anything I've heard
Craig play before.

"Higher Heels" reminds me of
"Bell Book and Candle", the
movie starring Jack Lemmon,
Jimmy Stewart, and beautiful
Kim Novak. I picture the beatnik
club scene.

"Goodbye Paul Tibbets", from
the Enola Gay crew that
dropped the "bomb" on
Hiroshima, Japan. It is a
profound song, and will give
you something to think about
long after the music stops.

"Nicotine" is another song that
belongs in another era. I picture
Mae West and gin joints.
Followed by

"Hard", Craig
seems to take you into vintage
Hollywood once again. "You'll
always be second" if he's a
musician. I have seen this so
many times.

"The Gate" and "The Sparrow
Caught in the Thorns" are about
fate and circumstance. The
roles are interchangeable.

The "Dark Derby" reminds me of a
Stephen King novel.

The Big Nowhere is a song I have heard
live. Craig seems to sum up all
of the tunes from Nicotine to
Dark Derby in this last track. The
Japanese Zen Master would say
it is bowing to the inevitable, but
life goes on.

You'll want to listen to this album
more than once to soak it all in.
Musically, it is dynamic, lyrically,
it is powerful.