Many fans might have heard Brian [nervously] perform this controversial and funny song on stage over the last few months.  The song, a first-hand narration of a spurned ex-boyfriend, describes this angry, yet very obtuse, man’s accusations that his now ex-girlfriend is dating some new guy named “Jesus”.  After listing several significant changes in her behaviors and habits, the narrator clearly demonstrates a complete ignorance of the actual biblical identity of the new-found love.  Our protagonist then promises if he every meets this mysterious “Jesus” figure, he will “kick his ass.”

 Hayes and Brian sat down last summer and penned this irreverent tune one afternoon during a co-writing session in Austin, TX.  Carll chose to record the song during the production process of his April 8th Lost Highway Records release  Trouble in Mind. Brian Keane has since relocated to Nashville to pursue more writing opportunities and finish his next album.

"It's refreshing not falling back on labels like "retro" and "throw-back" when spinning Dan Dyer's self-titled debut on Fat Caddy Records. Sure, the Austinite's smoky vocals recall giants like Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway, but Dyer has as much in common with Spearhead's Michael Franti and Lenny Kravitz, who produced his 2004 solo debut, Of What Lies Beneath, to chilly reviews. Turn your stereo up, and Dyer's rich voice wraps around you on the crawling, gospel-tinged opener "Love Chain." Earnestness is in short supply in today's blue-eyed soul, but Dyer wears emotions on his sleeve and never sings with tongue in cheek, repeatedly asserting that "love can change your life" on "Love's a Game." In a divine falsetto, the album's funkiest track, "Anne-Marie," poses the classic jilted lovers' question: "Why you trippin'?" (3 Stars)
- Thomas Fawcett, Austin Chronicle