Liar's Day
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Artist:
In his mid-20s when this was released in 2008, he sounds like a grizzled veteran and plays with the passion, subtlety, and assurance of musicians twice his age. Produced by Kenny Passarelli who worked on Jacobs-Strain's previous two discs and also contributes bass, the sound is warm and inviting. Joe Vitale, another old Joe Walsh associate, adds drums and keyboards, fleshing out the sound for a more rock-oriented edge with just the right mix of blues and soul. Dig the Traveling Riverside cover:
Say It To My Face
Black Cat At Midnight
From his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/davidjacobsstrain
David Jacobs-Strain, a consummate finger-style and slide guitarist, plays in the blues tradition but isn't from it. You'll hear echoes of Skip James, Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, and a song or two by Fred McDowell or Robert Johnson in his solo performances. But as a modern roots musician, singer, and songwriter, "I come from the language of the country blues, but it's important not to silence other influences," he says.
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Comments (7)
Over here in NZ when I went to school we learned only about classical music, these days the kids have a rich blend of music taught to them amd what we hear is great young musicians, my guess is this guy comes from that kinda change. Dam good, I wish I could be here in 50 years to hear what these young muso's mature into
The blues never seem to fail to amaze. Nice post.
I would never have guessed he was that young. He is talented and seems very wise beyond his years.
Yeah, some peeps just "get" it ya know?
Hey, like to new pic! was that taken at the scene of the crime? :-)
Thanks, haha! I think I had JUST killed someone whose book was overdue.......
I am extra, extra late in seeing this because the University actually closed because of Tropical Storm Ida for 2 days (they were afraid it wasgoing to be a hurricane---better safe than sorry) and then Veteran's day.
Must catch up with MOG!! :-)
Wow, so that's a capital offense in FLA Huh? Well, keeping those miscreants in line is not an easy job but someone has got to be out there on the front lines ready to drop that hammer!
nice to have u back - now go catch up!!
sir yessir! :)