Show Me The Way To Go Home is the latest instrumental release from guitarist extraordinaire Patrick DeCoste. I have said it before, but I think it is a difficult feat to sustain a record on just your guitar playing alone. If not careful it becomes a self-indulgent vanity project that leaves the listener bored after only a few minutes. This one, for me at least, straddles that fine line.
Let me first say that DeCoste is a guitar wizard; his fret board antics are tasteful and at times downright unbelievable, it is truly amazing what he can make his guitar do. I also really like that he incorporates different styles of playing on this disc. From the heavily blues influenced, “Marvin Berry’s Cousin” to more rocking tunes like “The Dirty South,” this record covers a lot of ground…