Jeff Plankenhorn
Soulslide (Lounge Side)
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Fri., June 3, 2016
If you've ever seen Joe Ely, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eliza Gilkyson, or other famed Austin singer-songwriter types perform, there's a good chance Jeff Plankenhorn was onstage with them. A maestro on resonator guitar as well as "The Plank," a stand-up lap steel he invented, the stringbender's SoulSlide finds him out front on his own songs. A mix of soul and roots-rock with intriguing moments (previously unreleased Willis Alan Ramsey track "Mockingbird Blues," a surefooted acoustic track), it also occasionally finds Plank trying too hard.
