Green Blimp
Album | Dwight Twilley
The Ponce de Leon of power pop.
“Get Up,” Green Blimp's opening track, makes a case for Tulsa rocker Dwight Twilley as the Ponce de Leon of power pop, bathing in a sonic fountain of youth. At 59, Twilley sounds almost identical to the scrappy twentysomething who made waves in the mid ’70s with Sincerely and Twilley Don’t Mind. Even without his 1970s co-pilot, the late Phil Seymour, Twilley effortlessly recaptures the energy, enthusiasm, and impossibly infectious tunefulness of those power-pop classics. Nevertheless, Green Blimp isn’t just a Xerox copy of Twilley’s seminal releases. To a man who just recently released an entire album of Beatles covers, Fab Four comparisons could scarcely be objectionable -- “Me and Melanie” is an overtly Beatlesque rocker that splits the difference between the Let It Be sound and an early solo Lennon vibe; moving towards a pastoral brand of psychedelic pop, the title track could easily be a Magical Mystery Tour outtake. But whether he’s picking up where his seminal ‘70s work left off, carrying the Merseybeat torch, or bringing his power-pop mastery firmly into the present, Twilley powers his Green Blimp with a seemingly endless supply of plangent guitar riffs, heartland harmonies, and razor-sharp hooks.
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