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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jeffrey Dean Foster "Million Star Hotel" |
| Date | Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:01:25 -0500 |
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lrbcoll@aim.com wrote:
>The latest package from Notlame arrived and I have just been blown away by the latest cd by Jeffrey Dean Foster, "Million Star Hotel." This album rocks. It's beautiful. It has inspired me to write this little snippet to encourage others to check it out. I hear similarities to The Jayhawks "Sound Of Lies". I hear bits of Big Star/Chilton. I hear Springsteen. Lots and lots of jangly and chiming guitars and piano in the background. Mitch Easter played and mixed this disc. I'm listening to "Lily Of The Highway" and just when I think the song can't get better, *another* guitar chimes in the mix.
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>There's no filler on this disc. Every song is either a classic or at the very least interesting. I can't imagine this disc leaving my car anytime soon. My very highest recommendation.
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>http://www.jeffreydeanfoster.com (listen for yourself)
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Glad to hear somebody else is onto this one. Jeff has been doing great
music since the 80s (anybody in the Carolinas region might remember The
Right Profile and The Carneys, his first two bands), but this new solo
disc is just transcendent. You listen closely you'll also hear echoes of
things like Neil Young and even T Rex (although that comes out more in
the live show).
It was my #1 of 2005, btw....
--
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...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the
lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
- John Millington Synge
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