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DAVID FERGUSON
Nashville No More FAT POSSUM
7/10
Nashville producer transforms into a country crooner
While he’s best known for his work with Johnny Cash, John Prine and Sturgill Simpson, David Ferguson started his career as an engineer at Cowboy Jack Clement’s studio in the 1980s. So it’s fitting that his first full-length owes a debt to his old boss. Showcasing a breezy, affable croon, Ferguson mixes whimsy and melancholy on these 10 songs, which grapple with old age and obsolescence in country’s capital. His cover of Bobby Bare’s “Fellow Travelers” is a bit too fantastical but “My Autumn’s Done Come” is quietly heartbreaking, especially considering his legendary studio was recently demolished for condos.