{"id":124108,"date":"2022-11-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=124108"},"modified":"2022-11-02T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T03:28:10","slug":"tight-spots-adult-situations-and-damn-good-times-the-many-moods-of-moon-pie-curtis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/tight-spots-adult-situations-and-damn-good-times-the-many-moods-of-moon-pie-curtis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight Spots, Adult Situations, and Damn Good Times: The Many Moods of Moon Pie Curtis\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twelve Tracks on Home-Cooked Sophomore Album by Oxford, Mississippi\u2019s “Balladeer of the Weird Frontier” Shake, Slap and Stretch <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut living in the past can get kind of lame, and it really don\u2019t make sense,\u201d posits Moon Pie Curtis <\/strong>in the final verse of \u201cDamn Good Times,\u201d the closing track on side one of his new album Tight Spots<\/em><\/strong>, a sprawling collection of new original songs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moon Pie Curtis is the musical persona of award-winning Oxford<\/strong>-based songwriter Tad Wilkes<\/strong>. The  album Tight Spots<\/em>, released on October 24, 2022, is available on most platforms, including Apple Music,  iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, <\/strong>and YouTube.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acoustic folk troubadour tracks live alongside fully fleshed rock and R&B grooves, but all bear the  quirky lyrical observances, philosophies, tales of mischief, and spiritual revelations of the Reverend MPC (yes, he\u2019s become an ordained minister since his first record, 2015\u2019s Enter the Fool<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Moon Pie Curtis, Wilkes guides listeners through a gauntlet of tight spots, adult situations, grief, bad luck, and hope, among  other scenes and reckonings. Along the way are stories of truly <\/em>working remote, navigating challenging  life snags, karma versus chaos, flawed but funky characters, love, and gratitude.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The influences of a lifetime ebb and flow throughout Tight Spots, with whispers of the songwriting and  attitudes of Shel Silverstein, Kris Kristofferson, David Lee Roth, Jerry Jeff Walker, Donald Fagen, Jerry  Reed, Bob Dylan, John Prine, J. J. Cale, Funky Donnie Fritts<\/strong>, and Redd Foxx<\/strong> breezing in and out. Wilkes  self-recorded and produced the album, playing everything but the drums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moon Pie Curtis (Tad Wilkes) is a singer-songwriter based in Oxford, Mississippi<\/strong>. He won first place <\/strong>in\u00a0 American Songwriter <\/em>magazine\u2019s March\/April 2018 Lyrics Contest, in a pool of around 600 entrants, for\u00a0 the lyrics of his song \u201cBe Good to Your Woman.\u201d For more information, visit moonpiecurtis.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n