Personnel includes: Duke Levine (guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, bass); Kevin Barry (guitar); Darrel Scott (pedal steel guitar); Tom West (piano, Clavinet, organ); Paul Bryan (bass); Doug Plavin (drums). NOBODY'S HOME is a great example of a sideman stepping out on his own. Guitarist Duke Levine has been working regularly with Mary Chapin Carpenter, in addition to doing numerous other sessions throughout the '90s. For his first solo album, Levine put together an exceptional instrumental combo featuring bass player Paul Bryan, drummer Doug Plavin, and keyboard player Tom West. The songs prove more than mere showcases for topflight players, primarily because of the passion and intelligence of Levine's songwriting. There's striking variety in the set, but an anchoring cohesion as well. The band proves equally adept at crazed rockabilly-surf hybrids, slow tropical ballads, and confidently strutting shuffles. The version of Woody Guthrie's "Vigilante Man" is earthy and dazzling. This is a great instrumental album, full of good taste, dashes of humor, and inventive playing.

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Personnel includes: Duke Levine (guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, bass); Kevin Barry (guitar); Darrel Scott (pedal steel guitar); Tom West (piano, Clavinet, organ); Paul Bryan (bass); Doug Plavin (drums). NOBODY'S HOME is a great example of a sideman stepping out on his own. Guitarist Duke Levine has been working regularly with Mary Chapin Carpenter, in addition to doing numerous other sessions throughout the '90s. For his first solo album, Levine put together an exceptional instrumental combo featuring bass player Paul Bryan, drummer Doug Plavin, and keyboard player Tom West. The songs prove more than mere showcases for topflight players, primarily because of the passion and intelligence of Levine's songwriting. There's striking variety in the set, but an anchoring cohesion as well. The band proves equally adept at crazed rockabilly-surf hybrids, slow tropical ballads, and confidently strutting shuffles. The version of Woody Guthrie's "Vigilante Man" is earthy and dazzling. This is a great instrumental album, full of good taste, dashes of humor, and inventive playing.