Everyone loves the Dude. It’s hard to like Walter as much. And Donny doesn’t survive the entire film. All of which amounts to life-long popularity for Jeff Bridges and pretty much anything he does. Jeff Bridges has now joined the ranks of celebrities like Keanu Reeves and has released a music album which has received some critical acclaim. 

Can you dig it, man? Jeff Bridges’ street cred because of his performance as a slacker in 1998 in The Big Lebowski is enough to get him noticed for anything he does for the rest of his life. 

It’s likely Jeff Bridges’ album will be slightly better than the one Keanu Reeves released with his band, Dogstar or the album that Keanu Reeves released with his band Becky. After all, T-Bone Burnett, who has worked with the Coen brothers, is the producer of the album. If T-Bone Burnett’s musical collaborations with the Coen brothers are any indication at all, the album should be fantastic. The two also collaborated with each other during the film Crazy Heart. 

You may wish to watch the video trailer for Jeff Bridge’s self-titled album HERE in which Jeff Bridges describes his music as “a weed.” The trailer also features bits of his music playing in the background.  Jeff Bridges’ music seems to be more country-western than any other genre. Since he has a little experience with  this genre in  the award-winning film Crazy Heart, his choice in a musical genre is not all that surprising. 

Of course, The Detroit Free Press explains Jeff Bridge’s music a little differently than I do. The Detroit Free Press reviewer writes: “It's an introspective album, subtly psychedelic with shades of rock and country.”

Jeff Bridges seems passionate about his music, both in his phone interview with the Detroit Free Press and in his video trailer for the album. The writer uses references like “weeds” and “blooming flowers” to reference his music and its winding growth. 

The critics seems to appreciate Jeff Bridges’ music. The LA Times reviews Jeff Bridges self-titled album quite favorably.

From the LA Times:

Most appealing are Bridges’ grizzled vocals: the sonic equivalent of gray whiskers, they evoke Nick Cave if he were, say, a baby-boomer Hollywood star baked by the Southern California sun (and other things), or Leonard Cohen if he was born a cowboy instead of a Canadian Buddhist folkie.

The LA Times review also compares Jeff Bridges’ album to the work that he did in Crazy Heart, which is unsurprising since collaborations were completed with the same producer. 

The little I heard from Jeff Bridges’ album sounded smooth in the way that the most recent Tom Petty album sounds smooth.