Phil Lee writes intelligent songs full of wit, humor and grace that blend sizzling Dylan-esque rock and roll, country and western, mid-sixties British Invasion and medicine show sounds that end up being utterly unique and sung in a voice that can shoot straight through to your heart. His new album is called So Long, It's Been Good To Know You and he calls it his "first posthumous release." There's nothing wrong with putting out a record posthumously except that it raises certain logistical problems when it comes to touring. And there's also the teeny tiniest little glitch in the truth in advertising area, since Phil Lee is most definitely still very much among the quick. Maybe he's just thinking five or six decades ahead... His guitar player/producer/accomplice/crony Richard Bennett dubbed him "the Don Rickles of Rock" and true, Phil will sometimes fan his quills porcupine-style as a situational barometer. But he doesn't do it much these days; no need. When you make records as good as Phil Lee does, winning friends and influencing people is a cinch.