Reckless Kelly – Wicked Twisted Road

Standing alongside labelmates like Robert Earl Keen, it’s always been tempting to lump Reckless Kelly into that bleary category of hard-drinkin’ pseudo-sensitive good ol’ boys whose primary job is to get coeds drunk, weepy and romantically entangled at UT/A&M tailgates. This may still be true, but Wicked Twisted Road earns whatever tipsy salutes it might garner through its 13 beautifully wrought songs and an instrumental finesse belying Reckless Kelly’s ability to push the limits of externally imposed categories.