Ken Dirschl

It aint bragging if you can back it up.
So said the few who could deliver on brash promises: Clay before Liston, Namath before Super Bowl III, Lennon before Jesus; and now we have Plan For Conquestfrom breakout singer/songwriter Ken Dirschl, inspired as charged.
Only theres a catch; Dirschl never said a word to piss us off before this one! No bold proclamation, just a killer look-see toward his future direction. After years fronting the protean Toronto act Gasoline, a band that served as an all-terrain vehicle for his hard city country-blues songs, Dirschl moved on and into the studio, emerging with a fresh lyrical sensibility and more thoughtful song craft.
This is evidenced on You Dont Have a Clue, a departure if ever there was one from Gasolines balladry, revealing a more personal style that renders his inevitable solo foray immediately understandable. Some Men and One Night with the Irish close the deal on Dirschl; this is a singer with power and sensitivity, a songwriter with vision. Twelve songs hardly seems enough. Lets hope that soon a new CD will provide the embarrassment of riches promised here.
Tony Wing