Steve Wynn/Pix Lax

After making a spash as the leader of the pioneering neo-psych group the Dream Syndicate in the early 1980's, Steve Wynn has matured into one of the canniest songwriters in rock, penning smart, flinty lyrics that tell perceptive tales of human behavior both noble and otherwise. After the Dream Syndicate split, he launched his solo career with 1990's Kerosene Man and 1991's Dazzling Display, both of which found him working with an impressive variety of collaborators. From the '90s onward, Wynn would follow his muse through a number of creative paths, and while his early work of...