Eric Hisaw live at Sam's Burger Joint CD Release July 18, 2008

"...a dust-choked collection cut from the same cloth as Springsteen's
Nebraska...there's beauty in Hisaw's desolate lyrics, weary vocals and
tastefully restrained fretwork,too, and it's a beauty born out of a real
pride of place. As bleak as the landscape is in these songs, Hisaw's not
singing about hell; he's singing about home."
Richard Skanse, Texas Music Magazine

"Bluecollar barroom country rock with a dark heart." Americana UK
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On Nature of the Blues Eric Hisaw delivers his best album yet, picking up
where his widely acclaimed 2006 release The Crosses left off. The subtle and
poetic new disc finds it's greatest strength in classic new Hisaw
compositions like "Cheap Living", "Shout Out Loud", and "Tomorrow."

If all things musical seemingly grow on trees in Austin, serious songwriters
of Hisaw's caliber are not one of them. Timely and timeless themes alike
come to life in lyrics which are imbued with an ethereal optimism that
surmounts the wayward despair of his scenarios and characters. Nature of
the Blues eschews the quasi-70's outlaw country sound in favor of a modern,
bluesy-folk rock that will appeal to fans of Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely and
Tom Russell and features guest appearances by Ron Flynt, Ponty Bone and
"Scrappy" Jud Newcomb.