Shane Pendergast: “Music Man”
Written By Michael Gutierrez

An acoustic picker. Shane Pendergast’s guitar is buoyed by the most gentle and delicate accompaniment you can imagine. The fiddle – and maybe a backing slide guitar? – are laid over the lead like a lace dropcloth on our highlighted song “Music Man.” And Pendergast’s honey-toned vocals, a bit bashful and bumpkin-colored, fit the mood just right. Music for getting over the death of a much loved pet. Off Winter Grace.
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