Unexpected chord progressions on the bridge, a sweet little spoken bit towards the end, and lyrics that reflect a new cosmopolitan reality for most listeners to country music at the time — this is Mel ...

There isn't just one Rodney Crowell, you know. The preternaturally gifted and studious songwriter and sideman of the '70s had, by the end of the '80s, given way to the smart and stylish progressive ...