Lost in Austin

Glenn Meganck is a much lesser-known negative photo image of Jimmy Buffett — a popular mystery writer who moonlights as an indie country artist. The liner notes feature reviews for his Tony Kozol mystery series, but the songs have nothing to do with them, so there was hardly an artistic reason to include those. He has a passable baritone voice and a pleasant way with a melody, but, musically, he's definitely just very good bar band material. While his melodic abilities hardly create distinctive country material, his literary skills translate to strong lyric writing. Particular engaging is the story of the title track, in which he searches for the one that got away in all Texan cities before getting lost. "We Only Talk About the Weather" is about lack of communication between lovers. "Love's Cruel Sea" has a no brainer "Don't Be Cruel" groove, but offers some interesting philosophies. Other lyrics are deeply poignant "("Is It Everything (That You Dreamed It Would Be?)")" or downright humorous ("The Man Who Would Disappear."). More interesting reading than listening, but still pretty decent for an obvious moonlighting project.