| 11th August 2006 01:36 AM |
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| RollingstonesUSA |
Amazon.com
This young Californian has apparently suffered from a case of mistaken artistic identity in his attempts to forge his own. The blazing guitar chops on this album's "Cold Black Devil/14 Miles" show why some consider him among the most promising of a new generation of bluesslingers, yet much of the material makes him sound more like a young Bob Dylan than the next Stevie Ray Vaughan. Though Dylan comparisons rarely do a developing artist any favors, it's hard to avoid them with the majestic, 10-minute build of "Supersede." Elsewhere, the horn arrangements of "So Hard to Find My Way" and "Close to You" evoke Van Morrison's California days, while the riffing of "Farewell, So Long, Goodbye" rocks like the Rolling Stones. Much of the rest is acoustic balladry that finds Greene achieving a musical intimacy that resists easy comparisons. A multi-instrumentalist featured on organ and piano as well as a variety of guitars, Greene benefits from the musical support of bassist Davey Faragher (Cracker) and drummer Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello's Attractions) and empathic production by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos). As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he's more than the sum of his very good influences. --Don McLeese
The singer is named Jackie Greene....
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| 11th August 2006 10:21 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
The next Bob Dylan, I think, will be one of his grandchildren or great grandchildren or even further down the lineage. |
| 11th August 2006 01:46 PM |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
There is no "next Bob Dylan", and there never will be.
It's just like there is no "The next Rolling Stones" or "The next Beatles". |
| 11th August 2006 01:47 PM |
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| Some Guy |
quote:
Sir Stonesalot wrote:
There is no "next Bob Dylan", and there never will be.
It's just like there is no "The next Rolling Stones" or "The next Beatles".
just like there will never be a next "Ian Billen". |
| 11th August 2006 03:01 PM |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Exactly.
Some things can never be duplicated. |
| 11th August 2006 03:04 PM |
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| not bound to please |
quote:
Sir Stonesalot wrote:
Exactly.
Some things can never be duplicated.
I am posting here so you can no longer read this thread. |
