Dex Romweber Duo “Live at Third Man Records” 2010. Third Man Records. Roots rock/rockabilly revival with deep scratch Cash vocals. Dex, formerly of the influential (if not commercially successful), Flat Duo Jets, and his sister Sara, former drummer of Let’s Active, team up for a live performance of bluesy, surfy and country-infused songs at Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville, recorded live to tape on February 4th, 2010. Especially manically surfy is  the instrumental “Curse of the Little Bastard,” which Dex introduces as being named after James Dean’s car. “Homicide,” which would appear on their 2011 release Is That You in the Blue? is a cover of Myron Lee’s classic rockabilly tune. “Is It Too Late?” is a twangy weeper ballad off of the 2009 album Ruins of Berlin. “Grey Skies” and “Love Letters” also appear on Live at Third Man but sadly Cat Power (Chan Marshall) does not feature on “Love Letters” as she does on the studio release.

Run off grooves: Side A – “That guys gotta stop. Hell see us” (I think a missing apostrophe?) Side B – “Twas a rainy February night”