Consumer Guide Album

Ronnie Barron: Reverend Ether [Decca, 1971]
Why do white guys from New Orleans sing so weird? Barron sounds like he took falsetto lessons from Geraldine. I can live with it--even like it when the songs are as good as "Chattanooga," about a redcap. But I don't think he could find an audience if he was writing nothing but "I'm in Love Again" and "Mother-in-Law." B−