The True West:

Best Western

Russ Tolman (g)
Kevin Staydohar (b)
Gavin Blair (v)
Steve Packenham (d)
Richard McGrath (g)
Jozef Becker (d)

Review

On the other hand, the 1983 demos (produced, with clear stylistic impact, by Tom Verlaine) that are on the Best Western CD are among the band's most striking work: an intense, lead-guitar-spiked pre-Drifters version of "Look Around," a clearer second rendition of Hollywood Holiday's "Throw Away the Key" (with Becker turning in drastically improved drumming) and a fine studio take of West Side Story's "Burn the Roses."

Russ Tolman on his True West Homepage

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