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Music CD - Chris Smither: Leave the Light On
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Music CD: Leave the Light On
Artist: Chris Smither
List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Signature Sounds Recordings
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Tracks:
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1. Open Up
2. Leave The Light On
3. Shillin' For The Blues
4. Seems So Real
5. Origin Of Species
6. Cold Trail Blues
7. Diplomacy
8. Father's Day
9. Visions Of Johanna
10. Blues In A Bottle
11. John Hardy
12. John Hardy Reprise
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0701237200125
Label: Signature Sounds Recordings
Manufacturer: Signature Sounds Recordings
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Signature Sounds Recordings
Release Date: 2006-09-19
Studio: Signature Sounds Recordings
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Summary: Chris Smithers does it again
Comment: I don't really like comparing musicians to other musicians, but instead as an individual. After all we are all influenced by lots of other people. But to give you an idea of what Chris Smithers might remind you of, is Bob Dylan but with a much smoother warm voice. His lyrics are wonderful.
The very catchy pulse of his music irresistibly pulls you and his very clever poetic words gives you something to think about. This guy is the real deal. I can't for the life of me, figure out why he isn't winning Grammy's. If you are student of guitar, listen to his style of playing. It is really sweet. In our house we buy every release and every one of them is excellent! Good driving music. Thank you Chris Smithers.
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Summary: Another great album from Chris Smither
Comment: Chria Smither has been turning out great CD's for several decades now, and his newest, "Leave the Light On", is no exception. The title track is a brilliant, upbeat, uptempo dirge (Chris has always been full of contradictions) that will speak directly to those members of the Woodstock generation who have recently become keenly aware of their age and its concomitant frailties. Though the rest of the album does not quite measure up to this one great song, it also does not disappoint with good, solid blues riffs abounding. Chris' two previous albums, "Train Home" and "Drive You Home Again", were also brilliant in their own way. This is top notch songwriting and playing by a master who's still at the top of his game.
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Summary: An excellent craftsman
Comment: I discovered Chris Smither on a recent trip to Boston (they were playing one of his CDs at Baja Betty's in Brookline), and I ordered this CD when I got home.
It doesn't disappoint!! Chris Smither is an excellent craftsman, with lyrics and music reminiscent of Guy Clark and all those others you probably already know and love.
But even though he may remind you of another artist or artists at first listen, he stands on his own. With each subsequent listen, you pick up the subtleties in his music that make him unique, and you enjoy it even more.
Chris Smith is our new favorite musical find. We're stocking our library with his albums.
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Summary: Lovely as Chris Smither always is...
Comment: We were so pleased to get Chris' latest and as we had hoped the cd is Terrific. He's a great guitarist and somehow his lyrics tells stories that allow us in to know more about him...a great story teller. This is our 7th Chris Smither cd...he's incredible.
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Summary: Smither is the best
Comment: Chris Smither is the kind of singer/songwriter/guitar picker that you want to go out and see whenever he comes to town. His every song sounds like music, and his lyrics give you cause to think.
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Editorial Reviews:
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This album's title cut finds the veteran folk-blues troubadour, now in his early 60s, pondering the possibility of living to be 100, thus setting the thematic tone for an uncommonly reflective, meditative set. The ragtime Zen of "Open Up," the philosophical "Seems So Real," and the rock-bottom despair in his cover of Peter Case's "Cold Trail Blues" all suggest that the virtuosic fingerpicker and evocatively smoky vocalist has reached a point in his life where he's pondering the biggest issues of mortality, a perspective that informs the complex relationship in "Father's Day." Not all of the material is that introspective, as the uptempo, electric rock of "Diplomacy" is as sardonic as Randy Newman, while "Origin of the Species" encapsulates Adam and Eve, Charles Darwin, and intelligent design. Smither also pays homage to two seminal influences, transforming Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna" into an acoustic, accordion-laced waltz and reviving Lightnin' Hopkins's version of the traditional "Blues in the Bottle." Ollabelle provide harmonies on two cuts, with mandolinist Tim O' Brien also offering instrumental and vocal support. --Don McLeese
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