From Kansas City comes the new work of Jason Vivone & The Billy Bats entitled The Avenue In the nineties Jason moved to Kansas City where he was astonished when he saw how cheaper were those big stately Victorian houses at Independence Avenue Jason decided to buy at steal a one hundred years old one there Soon he realized why they were so cheap Old mafia families lived there and at night the Avenue became a place with no law with strange dangerous people walking around and even a prostitute was killed there This album is a tribute to that people who were living there he knew at that incredible Independence Avenue, where Jason shows us that, besides a good story teller, he is also a good singer and an excellent slide guitar performer The rest of the musicians involved are Matt Bustamante on drums, Paula Crawford on guitar, Rick MacIvor on keyboards, Jeremy Clark on bass, Ben Hoppes on banjo and Joanna Berkevile on percussion This is a good, curious very original album which deserves your attention