John Terlazzo - Honor Among Thieves (1983)
I first heard of John Terlazzo when I downloaded his album Honor Among Thieves (1983) off a blog and it was one of those rare albums where every song is a masterpiece in itself. Ultimately it's one of my all-time favourite albums! It's strange how some artists fall into obscurity despite their body of work, you can't help but believing in bad luck.
"Dark loner poet folk/rock. Very heavy Leonard Cohen influence, but makes LC seem cheerful by comparison. Even the one song that is upbeat, almost good-timey, has a dark undertone. Terlazzo is accompanied on many tracks by a beautiful haunting female backing vocal which is often wordless. Several tracks have fine electric guitar leads and solos. The poetic nature of his writing rather stark and often “esoteric” lyric images, brought out well by his rather limited baritone voice. I rate this at the top of the loner folkie heap." -Acid Archives
Here are three of my favourite songs, I suggest you check out the whole album for yourselves. It's out there somewhere.
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