STRONG FEELINGS (DLCD)

With the kind of understatement that's typical of the man, Doug Paisley describes his wondrous new album STRONG FEELINGS as "just ten new songs. It's a lot less simple and unadorned than other recordings I've made, but it's just as earnest and straightforward as what I've done before." STRONG FEELINGS expands on the same preoccupations, but this time Paisley has also opened up the sound, recording with a revolving band of brothers that includes the Cairo Gangs leader/guitarist Emmett Kelly, bassist Bazil Donovan, drummer Gary Craig, keyboardist Robbie Grunwald and elusive Canadian songstress Mary Margaret O'Hara. Also aboard is the legendary Garth Hudson, who also made signature contributions to CONSTANT COMPANION.