The Baseball Project - Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
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Apart from their proven expertise in staying off the charts, cult rock aesthetes Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Miracle 3) and Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5) also have a love for major league baseball, with a special interest in stories that get left out of the newscasts. So theyve joined forces for the Baseball Project and brought in pals Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon to offer a musical salute to some of the colourful characters and memorable events that make Americas game so endlessly fascinating.
While a few Hall of Famers like Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays are name-checked on the entertaining Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails disc, McCaughey and Wynn share a kinship with the tragically flawed near-greats. Theyre at their best when celebrating undervalued folk heroes (Fernando Valenzuela) and overlooked legends (Curt Flood) along...
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