Lone Justice, Deferred: Maria McKee, Marvin Etzioni and Ryan Hedgecock on Combining Vintage and Fresh Recordings for the Band’s First ‘New’ Album in 38 Years
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Among the great what-ifs for students of L.A. rock history is: What if Lone Justice had remained a somewhat obscure band….
and how many great records could they have put out if they had? It’s almost a ridiculous scenario to imagine, because lead singer Maria McKee‘s vocal talent was such that quick discovery and absorption into the major-label system was beyond inevitable.
But what if some divine hand had pulled a cloak over the music industry’s eyes, and Lone Justice had developed on its own timeline as a heavily country-influenced indie band, unencumbered by attention or expectations?
The result, in this alternate universe, might have been something like “Viva Lone Justice,” the album that just came out from Fire Records, which is being touted as the band’s first “new” album in 38 years.
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