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It's always a pleasure to hear him and to have him play in the club. He starts with the same world we all see and hear, but he transforms the sights and sounds into revelations that delight and melodies that linger. This guy is an American Original, a folk poet whose vision veers effortlessly from wild witticism to soul-piercing insights.

Living proof that the troubadour tradition sings on. Oermann - Syndicated Music Writer "As acclaimed as he is as a songwriter, he is a fine performer who can create his share of magic with his high clear voice and inventive acoustic guitar. He does it so well that some great songwriters have recorded his songs on their own albums.

The Memory Wall.

He draws you into his world - where a single snowflake follows the trajectory of a relationship, where you get you pocket picked by a Roman cat, where you might swim over the edge of the world if you're not careful and where dreams that don't come true still count. He even played a little banjo on it himself. The album has much more of a roots feel to it with pedal steel, dobro, fiddle and mandolin adding to his acoustic guitar and beautiful vocal harmonies from Melissa Greener and Celeste Krenz.

Bass work was shared by his long time accompanist on the road, Mike Lindauer and upright acoustic player Bryn Davies. After 25 years of living there you can finally hear the Nashville on this one. And indeed a few of the songs date back to his early days in Nashville, including a collaboration with Garth Brooks called "A Canary's Song" about a coal miner transplanted to a city slum waking each morning to the sound of the bird he brought with him from home.

But the album also stretches the context of the instrumentation.

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Mondlock wrote it in Ireland in the fall of with Galway songwriter Parisch Brown. When Buddy's not on the road you can find him in Nashville but he grew up in Park Forest, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He didn't have a troubled childhood.