Kerosene Man

Personnel includes: Steve Wynn, DJ Bonebrake, Steve Berlin, Denny Fongheiser, Fernando Saunders, Mark Watson, Chris Cacavas.
Steve Wynn was the lead singer of the Dream Syndicate.
Personnel includes: Steve Wynn (vocals, acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars); Eric Williams (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars, mandolin); Robert Mache (6- & 12-string guitars); Robert Lloyd (guitar, mandolin, piano, organ); Howe Gelb (guitar, organ); Sid Griffen (guitar); Richard Greene (violin, fiddle); Melissa Hasin (cello); Chris Cacavas (accordion, keyboards, background vocals); Steve Berlin (saxophone); Jim Lang (Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, organ); D.J. Bonebrake (marimba, drums); Mark Walton, Fernando Saunders, Tim Landers (bass); Denny Fongheiser (drums, percussion); Carlo Nuccio (drums); Stephen McCarthy, Joe Barresi, Julie Christensen (background vocals).
Recorded at Knobworld, Silverlake, California; Preferred Sound, American Studio, Topanga, California; Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia. Includes liner notes by Steve Wyn.
Wynn's solo debut is a logical extension of his work with the now-legendary Dream Syndicate. "Tears Won't Help," "Carolyn" and "Killing Time" are fairly straightforward pop. "Something to Remember Me By" and "Kerosene Man" are in more familiar Wynn territory -- a mean-spirited character and his professional persona respectively spit out some handy lyrics set to neo-roots music. ~ Denise Sullivan