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Former PONTICELLO member TED RUSSELL KAMP makes his living playing bass for country rocker SHOOTER JENNINGS, which, as fun as it undoubtedly is, hides his light under a bushel. Kamp has released several interesting solo albums over the years, of which Poor Man’s Paradise is both his latest and best. Kamp is a triple threat: a fine singer, with a personable, soulful twang not unlike that of BUDDY MILLER, a frightening multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, keys, mandolins, lap steel, accordion, horns) and a strong songwriter with ability to take plainspoken words and phrases and make them poetry. From honky-tonkin’ rockers like “Just a Yesterday Away” and “Long Distance Man” to country soul ballads like “Let the Rain Fall Down” and the title track, Kamp masters nearly every aspect of that nebulous genre we call Americana, and does it without being showy about it. Kamp simply fulfills, no muss no fuss, the basic requirements: good writin’, good singin’, good playin’.
