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"Iron Flowers" is my first set by Grey DeLisle. My favorite track is "Joanna" with Don Heffington's castanets giving it a distinctive flavor that adds to the melody and DeLisle's excellent lyric, "She hitched her life to a rusty El Dorado and let the warm wind blow across her bones; and in the night, you can hear somebody cryin', 'Joanna won't you please come home.'" Grey takes a tune by Marvin Etzioni, the founder of the band Lone Justice, "Who Made You King," and drags it into a somber slow protest. Grey takes a song penned by Reverend Charlie Jackson that appeared on an album by him called "Way Over Yonder" and makes it a somewhat uncertain statement of faith, perhaps inspired by DeLisle's evangelical mother. Grey writes with Marvin Etzioni on the excellent track "The Bloody Bucket" with an arrangement that kicks into full gear halfway through, "If you're looking for a fire darlin' let me be the spark, you look like a good way to break my heart." "My hands are chained together in the penitentiary; oh, sweet little blue bird, sail the skies for me," Grey sings on the slow sweet folk tune "Sweet Little Bluebird." The excerpts from another song don't add to a song that stands well on its own. The set ends with a strong tune "Inside Texas," "When he sits on the front porch & strums that guitar, makes it feel just like Texas wherever you are." Some tracks resonate less well for me. The cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" would be good to compare how differently two artists can treat the same material. The title track and "Blueheart" also let my mind wander. Overall, this is a good effort whose high points indicate promise. Enjoy!