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About the CD (page 2 of 3) A Fortune In Blues kicks off with a guitar boogie - - bright and upbeat, this rhythm figure is played low, near the open strings of the guitar. And then with a sprightly 'crash' of the drummer's cymbal, the song's vocal launches into the light-hearted but earnest story of an untrue love that is indeed a bounty - - albeit, a bounty in heartaches. Lyrically ironic, the story continues until the instrumental break, which is comprised of several passages. Each passage sounds as though it might be played by a different guitarist, but in actuality all were accomplished by the same musician, merely using the different tone colors present at different places on the guitar neck. Fortune is a dynamic song that takes varied stylistic elements and combines them in a recording that sounds like a newly-discovered classic. Speaking of "classics," No Place To Call Home is performed a lot like classic honky-tonk, imbued with a subtly insistent rhythm. Upon repeated listening, it seems that no single musician is to credit for the rhythmic pulse of the song - - in fact, it seems that it was no one and everyone - - just a great ensemble sound created by all four musicians. And this rhythmic pulse drives home some wonderful lyrics which describe the difference between a house and a home, elaborating, "I listened for your footsteps, momentarily -- alone in vain I listened, solitarily." No Place To Call Home may be a song about an empty home, but it is also a real marriage of classic songwriting and dynamic playing. Continue to page 3. |
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