{"product_id":"learning-how-to-live","title":"Learning How to Live","description":"Amazon.com\n\nFind some alt-country falling too far on the rock side to satisfy your yearning for twang? You won't have that problem with Mike Ireland \u0026amp; Holler's debut album, which brings to mind Dwight Yoakam's Bakersfield revisionism, with occasional forays into terse string arrangements inspired by George Jones's '70s hits and even Bobbie Gentry's \"Ode to Billie Joe.\" Ireland recognizes the eloquence of those records, and borrows some of it for himself. While most of this music is understated in its pain, Ireland occasionally gets as wild-eyed as the great Texas honky-tonker Gary Stewart, who'd be proud to put his name to the bitter \"Don't Call This Love.\" Not that sentimentality doesn't get its due: hear \"Christmas Past\" and the cover of Johnnie Ray's 1951 hit \"Cry.\" --Rickey Wright\n\nReview\n\nVocally easygoing and natural, their mix of traditional and cuttting-edge individuality, with its fresh, sleek feel, sets him and the band apart and could attract mainstream fans without compromise. Sure, their flair for integrating new ideas into classic formats may be quirky, but it always succeeds. -- Country Music\n\n[T]heir hard-rocking brand of honky-tonk puts them squarely in the y'alternative school of country-rock.... With moaning fiddles, viola and--no kidding--a cello, Holler provides Ireland a garden wall of sound for songs about heartbreak, remorse and, on \"Banks of the Ohio,\" even a gothic tale of misogynistic violence.... -- People\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000006J5M\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000006J5M.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mike  Ireland \u0026amp; Holler\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41824811876410,"sku":"DBV.B000006J5M.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000006J5M-0.jpg?v=1792728658","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/learning-how-to-live","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}