The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar

The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar
Studio album by Peter Case
Released April 11, 1989
Genre Alternative Rock, Alternative Country, Folk Rock
Label Geffen
Producer Larry Hirsch, Steven Soles, Peter Case
Peter Case chronology
Peter Case
(1986)
The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar
(1989)
Six-Pack of Love
(1992)

The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar (often called simply Blue Guitar) is an album by American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 1989. Its name is a reference to the Wallace Stevens poem The Man With the Blue Guitar.

Guests include Los Lobos, T-Bone Burnett, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner and David Lindley.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brian Beatty wrote of the album "Exceptional songs and musical guests, including Ry Cooder and members of Los Lobos and Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, make this... a worthwhile purchase..."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Charlie James" (Public Domain) – 3:07
  2. "Put Down the Gun" – 3:41
  3. "Entella Hotel" – 4:59
  4. "Travellin' Light" (Case, Bob Neuwirth) – 4:11
  5. "Poor Old Tom" – 3:57
  6. "Old Part of Town" – 4:10
  7. "Rise and Shine" (Case, Victoria Williams) – 4:20
  8. "Two Angels" – 4:33
  9. "This Town's a Riot" – 4:18
  10. "Hidden Love" – 3:08

Personnel

Production

References

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