Pickerel,Mark & His Praying Hands Cody'S Dream CD

Inspired by a solitary trip through the South without a working car radio and only his own thoughts to keep him company, Mark Pickerel's second album for Bloodshot, CODY'S DREAM, is a Steinbeckian odyssey through modern America; a tale of thruways and the characters that occupy them. The result: 13 dusty gems flirting with the static ghosts of Motown, Tin Pan Alley, classic pop and soul; dancing across the radio spectrum like a trail of mileposts in the rearview. With Mark, it's about the voice - a sly baritone equally inviting and troubling but as-cool-as-the-other-side-of-the-pillow: Warm whiskey breath on a cold winter's night. Quite a feat for a guy who made his name as a drummer for seminal bands as Nirvana, Screaming Trees and more recently Neko Case, Brandi Carlile and Mark Lanegan.

1. Cody's Dream 2. Let Me Down Easy 3. The Last Leaves 4. She Calls 5. One More Cup of Coffee - Mark Pickerel, Dylan, R 6. Leaving with the Swamptones 7. Cherokee Grove 8. I Promise 9. And So Be It Then 10. The Closing Theme 11. She Sleeps Through Sirens 12. Deep Inside Your Shade 13. Cody's Last Ride