The Boys of Mutton Street.(SO! CD TRACK 06)(Sound recording review)

From: Sing Out! | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Thompson, Richard | Copyright information

"The Boys of Mutton Street" comes from the pen and expert guitar of Richard Thompson. The fast finger-picking, jaunty melody and easy chorus make the song hard to resist. But be sure not to gloss over the lyrics, they're not just there to fill the melody. Thompson paints an intriguing and vivid scene of street gang culture and violence, and adding to the song's allure is his deliberate lack of clarity about the exact location and time period of "Mutton Street," along with the Bonfi...

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