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Dallas Morning News

P.J. O'Connell - Happy Go Lucky (Edisun).

P.J. O'Connell can magically transport you back to the days when the rock
'n' roll scenery was lush and constantly changing, the days before radio was
strip-mined by Clear Channel.

Abetted by the members of NRBQ, plus guitarist T-Bone Wolk and others, Mr.
O'Connell ratchets from the chiming pop of the Byrds and early Beatles to
raucous, piano-fueled rockabilly to twisted hillbilly-psychedelic-pop, with
grand detours into rootsy Rockpile-style rave-ups and primal garage-punk.

This excellent album would be worth seeking out just for Mr. O'Connell's
power-pop ballad "Mrs. Jerk," one of the prettiest ­ and most acerbic ­
songs ever written about marital strife.

Grade: A

Parry Gettelman