McGee enjoyed a brief moment of mainstream pop acclaim ("Rebecca"), and gravitates toward broad-stroke, overheated piano-based tunes in the vein of Bruce Hornsby—heartland rock with an anthemic sweep powered by enough production flourish and melodrama for a TV crime show. Yet his band's greatest crime is innocuity. The Pat McGee Band couldn't get arrested naked in a busy intersection with a $20 bill clenched between their teeth. —Chris Parker