South Austin’s K Phillips is releasing American Girls on Feb 14, 2012. On this debut, there are no pick-up trucks, red cups, or girls in jean shorts. Phillips champions the desperate, the sleazy and the broken, with small-town murals that glimpse into the jealousy of a sheriff, lovers that freeze to death and a crude lothario that misquotes dead poets. His primary instrument is the Hammond B-3, drawing from southern soul, funk and blues. “You could imagine the Muscle Shoals horns filling out the arrangements. He sounded as good on spooky slide guitar as he did invoking gospel and soul on the piano,” said Gene Armstrong of Tucson Weekly of a recent live show.
. It’s a stripped down version of the song, but on the album version, Phillips plays banjo & acoustic guitar — accompanied by horns, organ, bass, electric guitar and drums.
