Reviews
The Crooked Mile Home Reviews
Chuckanut Drive - The Crooked Mile Home
By Patrick Donders, Hanx.net, April/May 2006
"Contagious and prickly country-oriented rock and roll with a bit of honky-tonk and a slightly smaller
bit of soul."Read the full article, in translation and original
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Chuckanut Drive / The Crooked Mile Home
By Luc Lenaerts, Mazz MusikaS e-zine, April 2006
"It is a record that is definitely on the edge of becoming like one of those seventies
bands, but in a very beautiful manner, without being too gritty."Read the full article, in translation and original Flemish
Chuckanut Drive - The Crooked Mile Home
By Boy Howdy, Nerve Magazine, April 2006
"I swear at the altar of the Lost Church of Gram's Capo that the soul is what makes it all come into place.
Where the Burrito Brothers walked Down the Dark End of the Street, the fellas in Chuckanut Drive deliver a
searing concept-driven LP recorded in a church in Bellingham and produced, excellently, by Johnny
Sangster."Read the full article
Pedal to the Metal
By Joel Smith, Pacific Northwest Inlander, March 15, 2006
"We're talkin' Flying Burrito Brothers and Uncle Tupelo country. And it's that pedal steel that makes it all happen.
Not that Leslie's ragged vocals and Huggins' chicken-pecking guitar are anything to scoff at, but Highsmith's soaring,
laughing, whining steel ties the group's second full-length release, Crooked Mile Home (released last year),
tightly to the country milieu. Pulled taut, it's the kind of music that makes you want to speed down country roads
with the top down, an open container between your legs."Read the full article
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Chuckanut Drive: The Crooked Mile Home
By Jaired Denali, What's Up Magazine, January 2006
"Chuckanut Drive's talent seems to lie in their ability to set moods. From the echoing sadness of 'Juanita,' to the foot
stomping guitar licks of 'Any Way I Can,' I was constantly shifting my emotions, and hand tappin' to follow along with the
songs."Read the full article
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The Crooked Mile Home
Johnny Attitude, The Ramble, December 28, 2005
"Steve Leslie's vocals are unmistakably powerful in their simplicity. During the first spin, I heard some great songs. The
second spin is when the real story came to life and it hasn't left my head since."Read the full article
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Chuckanut Drive (self-titled EP) Reviews
Rocky Road: Chuckanut Drive draws from scene's roots
By Tony Staciek, The Bellingham Herald, June 10, 2004
"'Let me think. When was the last time I got a black eye?' Leslie says. 'I'm not a fighter, so I'm not sure.
But you know, you don't have to write about yourself to be honest. And right now, I'm finally doing the stuff I
want to do with the people I want to do it with.'"Read the full article
Chuckanut Drive, self-released
By Kasey Anderson, What's Up Magazine
"By turns clever and affecting, Leslie's songs always seem to strike a familiar chord, not because they're
terribly derivative (they're not), but because he's walking a well-traveled road. Hearts get broken, heads get
dizzy, and the combination of the two seems to lend itself to Leslie's particular brand of lyricism."Read the full article
Chuckanut Drive: Alt-country appeal
By Matt Fu, Bellingham Weekly, December 4-11, 2003
"I was always confused to catch the band live and see less-than-large crowds listening in on the beer-drenched laments
of this Texas and Tulsa native. That's right, though watered down by our West Coast's sentiments and surrounded by false
imitators, Steve's accent is real, folks."Read the full article