John Hiatt The Tiki Bar Is Open (TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL) LP 140g A Hard Day's Night stands

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John Hiatt The Tiki Bar Is Open (TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL) LP 140g A Hard Day's Night standsFor much of this album, his 16th in 26 years, Hiatt reunites with his best band, the Goners, and takes a giant leap back to his still hungry days as a jag edged, Costello esque rocker while hewing to the soulful, blues based songwriting he perfected on 1987's Bring the Family. The withering pub rock of 1979's Slug Line as well as a nod to fallen hero Dale Earnhardt seeps into the title track, while the roaring guitar, courtesy of the brilliant Sonny