Live Music @theBrewCabin with Eric Cassels-Brown

Comprised of life stories derived from “fantasies, hopes and a wispy, unstable resource: human memories”, (Jordan Adams, Seven Days) his unique brand of celestial country music walks the line between the milky way and a county fair. “Precocious lyrics and a grizzled delivery” (#) propelled him from an economically-required tenure as an acoustic-slinging street busker to a “proper band album of full-throated roots-rock – emphasis on the rock.” (Ray Padget, County Tracks)

“Opening track “Classic Records” lays down the gauntlet, his tight backing band injecting energy and muscle as he pushes his voice on the yell-along chorus. It’s a far cry from his former life; few street buskers boast songs someone could conceivably pump a fist to.” (%) “As much as this record succeeds, drives, hits, punches and cuts sonically in so many ways, Cassels-Brown’s ability as a songwriter can’t be praised enough.” (&)

Dreamin’ On Overdrive’s ten songs carry the listener through the spectrum of emotions, harking back to the long-playing LP’s of years past. Cassels-Brown assertively leads a ragtag group of some of New England’s finest musicians. From the undeniable surge of the Greetings from Asbury Park-evoking title track, to the bar tab-burning boot-kicker “No Good Man” and the wistful longings of a heart out of place in “Northeastern Dreamer”, Cassels-Brown only further cements his status as “a master of painting a vivid word picture…with weariness more common to someone who’s carried life’s burdens for many more years.”