BY RON WRAY APRIL 24, 2018 R. J. Comer “One Last Kiss” This guy has a great raw country voice and persona. His songs have some dirt and grit on them. His tune, “If I Could Be Water,” is a raw beauty. He carries the record with a lot of power and variety. Read Article […]
From the get-go of the subtle country hook underlying “Under a Lover’s Moon,” it’s clear that RJ Comer has a gifted voice and sense of melody that makes you want to hum along. There’s a sense of instant familiarity you feel listening to One Last Kiss, Comer’s debut solo album (Growling Moon Records). While entirely […]
Thirty years ago Chicago-born RJ Comer abruptly withdrew from music school and gave up on his dream to be a musician. Dark years of violence, addiction, poverty, fractured relationships, and suicide attempts followed, culminating in a come-to-Jesus weekend in a Mississippi jail. RJ straightened himself out (mostly), worked his way through college, earned a full […]
RJ Comer ONE LAST KISS Growling Moon Music Soundtrack For A Hot August Night in a Tennessee Backwater. It’s fascinating what music can do for a person; be they a listener like you or I but actual musicians themselves; as it seems that the ‘power of music’ has been a golden thread in RJ Comer’s […]
Where would blues and country music be if the world were full of clean living monogamous men who had no demons to fight? RJ Comer would not be the best person to ask. His chequered past has followed the ritual rite of passage involving violence, addiction and suicide attempts. Needless to say, loving relationships have […]
Thirty years ago Chicago-born RJ Comer abruptly withdrew from music school and gave up on his dream to be a musician. Dark years of violence, addiction, poverty, fractured relationships, and suicide attempts followed, culminating in a come-to-Jesus weekend in a Mississippi jail. RJ straightened himself out (mostly), worked his way through college, earned a full […]
BY: GERRY MCNALLY ‘One Last Kiss’ is the first full long-player from Chicago native RJ Comer. This record follows on from a run of successful EP releases over the last few years. ‘Under A Lover’s Moon’ opens the record with a radio-friendly, alt-country, blues, boogie-based love song. This is followed early on by ‘Let’s Run’, […]
The cover photo on RJ Comer’s One Last Kiss album depicts a vintage car ploughed into a tree on the side of the road, an image which could aptly refer to the singer songwriter’s early career. From singing in a church choir as a young boy, to addiction and homelessness as a young man, RJ […]
