Too Clever By Half

Many of you may not know Jurado. He's from the US, is a folky sort of guy. The best story teller in song i've ever come across. Big call, i know. " It's like you're there, man ! " Damo, he's Richard Ford-esque ..

Jurado is also a devout Christian. Gasp ! A practicing Asssembly's of God bloke. I was initially uncomfortable with this. It was a test of one of my deepest held beliefs ( I don't think I have a deepest held belief ) - the essential relativism of any belief system one chooses to believe in and live by. That is, i belief, basically, that any ol' belief system will do. I care not for the cries of, " Delusion! Delusion!Delusion!" that this will inspire.

Maybe it's the lapsed Catholic in me or i like to barrack for the underdog or i was picked on once too often in the playground but i feel for the little guys and want to include them.

So ultimately i concluded Jurado was all good. You all should listen to him. I suspect this will mean bailing me up while on dr@gs and saying, " Hey, Pete, what about that Jurado guy. You sounded a big fan .. put on his CD." C'est la vie...