Jimmy LaFave

★★★★

Highway Angels…

Full Moon Rain

NIGHT TRIBE MUSIC. CD/DL

In 1988, a handful of years after moving to Austin, LaFave self-released this 10-song folk-bluescountry album on cassette. A gem, it took top prize at that year’s Austin Music Awards. He revisited a few of these songs on later albums, but here, nearly four years after his death, is the whole thing, remastered. The band is subtle and nuanced; his lyrics, as always, a cut above; his voice one of the best in the genre. Among many highlights: The Price Of Love; The Lone Wolf; and brilliant The Loneliness Of America.