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Don’t Play to Lose (Floodwater)
Balancing on the slide of Landry McMeans’ lap steel, the Lonesome Heroes’ sad and forlorn country cry walks the dirt road from West Texas desert to a poor man’s urban dwelling. Singer Rich Russell’s Brooklyn upbringing marries Willie Nelson to Will Oldham on the Heroes’ debut EP, and when McMeans’ delicately airy voice opens up “Oyster,” tears roll. 
This article appears in July 21 • 2006.
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