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​Joe Pernice (from the album Sunny, I Was Wrong

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​Joe Pernice (from the album Sunny, I Was Wrong available on New West Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
The common ground for the multiple projects he has been involved in is Joe Pernice, and his ability to craft perfect Pop songs in the Alt Country, Folk Rock, and Americana genres. From the Scud Mountain Boys, The Pernice Brothers, Chappaquiddick Style, and Big Tobacco, Joe Pernice has guided each project with tasteful tunes. He returns with a solo effort, Sunny, I Was Wrong, featuring a long list of fellow artists, including Aimee Mann (solo, ‘Til Tuesday) Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Webb, Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), and Mike Belitsky (The Sadies), who join him in the studio for the project.

The album opens with revolving rhythms when Sunny, I Was Wrong suggests an exit from his personal living space, a plan that promise better days, with “Peace in Our Home”. Doo-Wop-style harmonies ooh and ahh behind Joe Pernice when he questions “Is It Serious” while he layers on a full-frontal arrangement to pointedly issue warnings and pleas for “If You Go Back to California”. 
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Sunny, I Was Wrong uses sugary Pop melodies when the album juggles a balance in extremes for “The Black and the Blue” while slow strums quiet the rhythms in “I’d Rather Look Away” as he welcomes The Pernice Brothers in for the title track. Sunny, I Was Wrong slowly strums rhythms when he is joined by Aimee Mann for “Deep into the Dawn”, verifying “It Won’t Be Me” alongside Rodney Crowell before exiting the album as his voice rises above the acoustic guitar bed that supports the memories in “It Got Away from Me”. (by Danny McCloskey)
Listen and buy the music of Joe Pernice from AMAZON
 
Please visit the Joe Pernice website for more information

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