http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.156&rws=%2Fnick-lowe%2Fmusic-videos.rssName anything good about Indie rock -- chances are Nick Lowe did it first. He's been writing witty and literate pop ditties since the early 1970s. He was helping young punks do it themselves decades before Lo-Fi existed. And he latched on to country music when Jeff Tweedy was still in junior high. (Lowe's take on Alt-Country is so authentic, he was actually Johnny Cash's son-in-law for a little while.) Maybe he'd be a superstar if he could stop amusing himself with clever puns (he named one EP <I>Bowi</I> in a convoluted take-off of that artist's <I>Low</I>), but it's more likely that a talent like Lowe's was doomed to cult-dom from the beginning. If you like your music smart, idiosyncratic and deceptively simple, give him a chance. - Tim QuirkPub Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:37:57 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.156&rws=%2Fnick-lowe%2Fmusic-videos.rss Name anything good about Indie rock -- chances are Nick Lowe did it first. He's been writing witty and literate pop ditties since the early 1970s. He was helping young punks do it themselves decades before Lo-Fi existed. And he latched on to country music when Jeff Tweedy was still in junior high. (Lowe's take on Alt-Country is so authentic, he was actually Johnny Cash's son-in-law for a little while.) Maybe he'd be a superstar if he could stop amusing himself with clever puns (he named one EP <I>Bowi</I> in a convoluted take-off of that artist's <I>Low</I>), but it's more likely that a talent like Lowe's was doomed to cult-dom from the beginning. If you like your music smart, idiosyncratic and deceptively simple, give him a chance. - Tim Quirk