DAVE ALVIN Blackjack David UDSACD 2007 The desolate sound of American wanderlust that has come to define Dave Alvin coalesced on Blackjack David.   Alvin hit stride as a measured vocalist.   As a guitarist, Alvin moved away from the neo rockabilly power of the Blasters towards a deeper blues-folk idiom.   And as a songwriter, Alvin was peaking in his gift of giving a voice to the voiceless. The songs were recorded in February and March, 1998 at Media Vortex Studio in Burbank, California. … … Blackjack David was Alvin's fifth project for Hightone Records.   … Dave Hoekstra - Author of Ticket To Everywhere columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times - August 2002 1.   Blackjack David 2.   Abilene 3.   New Highway 4.   California Snow 5.   Evening Blues 6.   The Way You Say Good-Bye 7.   Mary Brown 8.   Laurel Lynn 9.   1968 10. From A Kitchen Table 11. Tall Trees Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab recordings are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading