{"product_id":"boy-in-the-sailor-suit","title":"Boy in the Sailor Suit","description":"Dave Cousins offers a characteristic set of versatile folk-rock on The Boy in the Sailor Set, backed by the Blue Angel Orchestra. It's not a Strawbs album, but it shares similarities with many of the records he's recorded as leader of that group. The songs are on the somber storytelling side; the rock is sometimes harder than it is in most British folk-rock efforts; and Cousins' foggy voice exudes wary, and sometimes weary, stoicism and caution. Typical of his twists is the scenario laid out in \"Never Take Sweets from a Stranger,\" where a steamy and sudden sexual liaison ends when his paramour becomes the victim of a hit-and-run accident, though it doesn't sound as contrived on record as it might on paper. When not going for a full-bodied rock sound, Cousins is capable of more pensive acoustic stuff with a heavier rural British folk and country flavor, Ian Cutler's fiddle proving a crucial ingredient on such outings. Sometimes he ventures near a more bludgeoning hard rock sound, which is less likable and effective, even building off a \"Green Onions\"-like riff on \"Hellfire Blues.\" There aren't all that many records around where the leader can sound both like a modern sea shanty singer and a guy with more mainstream board-strutting chunky rock aspirations. But this is one of them, and it's not the only such thing Cousins has done. ~ Richie Unterberger","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45585630822687,"sku":"5013929472389","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/618d2a6ddb97b8c71012dca8f543343e_20da83c6-00e4-4340-a53e-d59dddcd074e.jpg?v=1777597839","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/boy-in-the-sailor-suit","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}