Domino
2009
Come Back To The Five & Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
About This Album
The story of child actor Bobby Driscoll is a tragic one. The fall he took from starring in Disney's Treasure Island and providing the voice for Peter Pan to dying strung out and alone at age 31 was swift and helped along by Hollywood's (and Walt Disney's) cutthroat attitudes toward youth and beauty. There's probably a good movie that could be made from his story; Baltimore singer/songwriter Benjy Ferree thought it was good material for a concept album. Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee is his tribute to Driscoll and a heartfelt musical document of broken dreams and cast aside souls. As with his previous album Leaving the Nest, the sound is rooted in the blues and good old American rock & roll, but this time out there's a little bit of glam floating around the fringes, a little more psychedelic weirdness and album rock heaviness that creeps in here and there. No doubt he added these elements because you can't make a concept album without thinking of David Bowie or Pink Floyd or, if you have hipster cred, the Pretty Things. Also in the tradition of concept albums, the story ends up kind of muddled and there isn't really a narrative you can follow, but what comes through strongly is Ferree's obvious connection with the subject matter.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3 and 11)

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