Austin-based LaFave is one of an increasing number of modern rock troubadours from the southern Plains - but it is the strength of his live shows that make him one of the very best. His songs are reminiscent of the Dust Bowl heritage of fellow Oklahoman Woody Guthrie, the quiet folk reflections of Bob Dylan, and the rock anthems of Bruce
Springsteen. His latest release, Cimarron Manifesto, just out on Red House Records and currently sitting at #1 on the Americana Music Association album charts, features a typically strong blend of poignant songs from LaFave's pen, along with covers of Donovan, Dylan and Joe South. He'll be appearing at The Cedar with a three-piece band, including ace guitarist (and long-time Tom Russell compadré) Andrew Hardin. CITY PAGES A-LIST PICK!

“LaFave is nothing if not a red-dirt romantic. Viewing the world from an open road and an open heart, with one eye on the girl and the other on the mythological lure of the highway. First it was Woody Guthrie and then Jack Kerouac, now it’s LaFave and his brand of dirty-boots folk-rock... Jimmy has the most expressive voice this side of Belfast.... it’s the music of Jimmy LaFave that really defines this part of the land.” ~ Oklahoma City Gazette

“Jimmy LaFave is in the first rank of roots rockers to emerge from Austin, Texas. His songwriting shows equal passion for road-house rock and romantic balladry - -” ~ Rolling Stone

“I’m no longer so naive about the record business that I don’t understand why someone this fabulous doesn’t sell millions of albums while mainstream mediocrities do. It still cheeses me off, though. Amid the morass of popular
music, Jimmy LaFave stands out like a pint of Guinness in a bar full of Miller Lites.” ~ Eric Fidler, Associated Press

"Jimmy LaFave lives in Austin, Texas, a musical hotbed lousy with quirkily brilliant songwriters coated with the dust and grit of Americana roots. What sets LaFave apart from that already distinctive crowd is the passion inherent in both his wise, country-folk ballads and his hell-bent rockers. And there's a certain arid intensity he picked up during a lengthy residency in Oklahoma: some Woody Guthrie-esque squinty-eyed poetry that finds the pulse of common folks, plus the laid-back soulfulness of J. J. Cale. On Cimarron Manifesto, his second album for St. Paul's Red House, LaFave echoes Guthrie on "This Land," a stark meditation on an America corroding from within, and Cale on "Truth," a simmering dose of blues. LaFave's grainy, charismatic voice finely etches a palpable sense of melancholy on much of Manifesto, tapping a sense of brooding loss, most magnificently on "Not Dark Yet," which evolves into a soaring guitar anthem. But there's also some levity, chiefly on "That's the Way It Goes," which details the prosaic fate of rock 'n' roll song icons like Maybelline and Peggy Sue. Local singer-songwriter Jon Rodine will open with buddies Benson Ramsey and Steve Kaul." (RICK MASON, A-LIST PICK, CITY PAGES 6/29/07)

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