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CD  $15.00  ON SALE, $9.00  iTunes  Bandcamp  Dust to Dust Steve Roach, Roger King 1998 Projekt PRO79 (CD) Reviewed by Brett Neely, John Pemble, AmbiEntrance, Alternative Press, CounterPunch, Illinois Entertainer, Muze Western Music in the truest sense. It is a bold step in a new direction: Where sounds paint pictures with a range of colors drawn from the land, where stories are told with the instruments of old and new pioneers. Guitars, harmonicas and washboard rhythms find their place next to a wagon full of electronics. This is the music, and even more the soundtrack, to the lingering ghosts and the lost and not-so-forgotten dreams of the restless souls driven to "Go West by God!" The story shifts between the present and the recent past when a dust trail was the only road west. The rails were freshly laid, still wet with sweat and blood. For better or worse, hopes and dreams turned real in the vast southwestern deserts, becoming a metaphor for a clean slate and a better life. Continued...   1.  Gone West 7:27   2.  A Daze Wage MP3 6:13   3.  A Bigger Sky   3:19   4.  The Ribbon Rails of Promise MP3 15:05   5.  First Sunrise   4:27   6.  Lost and Forgotten   10:44   7.  Snake Eyes   5:35   8.  Rain and Creosote 5:02   9.  Ghost Train MP3 7:21