James, Early: Strange Time To Be Alive (Coloured Vinyl LP)Alabama's native son, the lyrical wordsmith Early James, conjures the ghosts of great southern gothic writers from Eudora Welty to William Faulkner, while channeling the haunted spirits of Tom Waits and Townes Van Zandt. The album evokes a timeless amalgam of forsaken blues, wistful folk, and Tin Pan Alley crooning, anchored by the singers unmistakable voice that sways from gravel filled shouts to pained, forlorn whispers and songs that tread in the