Grain

Leave the Light On

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Loud, funny, sad, and scarry. Gainesville's own.

Leave the Light On is weighted with rock birthed for live audiences a la Seger,
author: M.L. Downey
Rock is rift with journeyman performers. Most rock unheralded in untold bars and clubs while a handful -- Bob Seger, Peter Westerberg, John Mellencamp, even Bruce Springsteen – haul their rough-hewn voices and tunes to a larger audience. Rob McGregor of Grain is one of those journeyman rockers. And, in the spirit of his rocker comrades, McGregor leads Grain through Leave the Light On, its 18 tracks weighted with songs birthed for live audiences. From the full-tilt boogie of Twinkle and the yearning rock of Slip on By to the guitar-dominated drive of The Records, Heartbeat, Steal the Night and others, the tunes on Leave the Light On pour out the speakers with the urgency of a live performance. The band does shift gears when it careens into Reverend Horton Heat territory with the hillbilly metal of Kitty and Love Missile. Birthday Girl is a surprising ballad of regret, drawing deeply on Ian Hunter’s Mott the Hoople classic I Wish I Was Your Mother. Leave the Light On closes with McGregor quietly rasping through the country waltz of Fare Thee Well. This is some of the best heartfelt Middle-America rock-n-roll around.