In a genre full of tall tales and marketable lies, New Orleans’ Chris Acker crafts candid songs – weaving his wit and woes into a body of work that exposes the stale plight of the American Songster to the honest, and sometimes hilarious, light of day.From the folk revival through the golden age of country music, , Chris’ songwriting is a nod to the absurd yet muted brilliance that inhabits the molded corners of bars he patrons and cratered street he treads, paired with a pained honesty that merits a long second look.