Andrew Deevey
Album: Whilst my (Acoustic) Guitar Gently Weeps
Label: Waterline
Tracks: 14
Website: http://www.andrewdeevey.co.uk

Having cut his teeth in mid-80s Liverpool bands like The Decemberists and Hellfire Sermons, Andrew Deevey is now a guitar tutor and sessioner of no small repute.

This humble - but nonetheless superbly played - tribute to the songs of a couple of fellow Scousers is refreshingly simple, very direct and packed with charm.

You'll know the songs inside out and Deevey doesn't attempt to so anything clever with them… he just plays the blighters!

Roots music guitar aficionados will be glad to hear echoes of the equally simple and direct playing style of Davy Graham or Bert Jansch, but this doesn't appear to be an exercise in clever referencing or musical trickery - and if it is its true intentions are well masked - instead it's about great songs played well.

And there should always be room for records like that.

Nick Churchill
www.thegranvillechambers.co.uk