Ryan Bingham - Mescalito

Ryan Bingham knows a thing or two about pain. He learned the emotional aspect early in life, when shuttling between small towns and family members in the hardscrabble ranching communities of West Texas and New Mexico - and became well-acquainted with the physical facets during his years on the Southwestern rodeo circuit.

That ache is palpable in the grooves of Mescalito, Ryan Bingham’s Lost Highway debut, but what’s even more plain is the steely strength needed to overcome it - a tenor that’s evident in both the singer-songwriter’s preternaturally wizened voice and his remarkably poignant songs, which resonate with roadhouse wisdom and rough-and-ready border-town piquancy.

• Southside Of Heaven
• The Other Side
• Bread & Water
• Don't Wait For Me
• Boracho Station
• Sunshine
• Ghost Of Travelin' Jones
• Hard Times
• Dollar A Day
• Take It Easy Mama
• Long Way From Georgia
• Every Wonder Why
• Sunrise
• For What It's Worth/Best Of Me