Messy Head Blues

I just saw Jessica Lea Mayfield at the Bowery Ballroom.  Out of Ohio and just a young lass, there are few greybeards, let alone peers, who can write a weeper like her.  90% of her songs are downers, which is a huge + in my book.  Tonight she was with her brother on bass; a solid, understated slide guitar player; and a stylie chick drummer.  I still think she was best when she did her solo numbers, but the band is good and she knows what she’s doing.  A very promising young artist—the girl got soul.