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Thread #17680   Message #171441
Posted By: Rick Fielding
31-Jan-00 - 11:07 PM
Thread Name: Liam Devlin's Tape is Terrific!
Subject: RE: Liam Devlin's Tape is Terrific!
Hi folks. Had a wonderful show tonight. Jammed with Garnet Rogers for the better part of the hour and yakked the rest of the time. Twas fun. We took phone requests, and it's some comfort to me that he TOO forgets the words to his own songs. But this ain't about that.

Yah Sandy, you better believe it takes a lot to impress me these days, but Jed certainly has. All the things that make up fine original acoustic music are well in place on this tape. The vocals are strong, the pitch is excellent, and Jed's range is wide and interesting. The guitar work is solid with a fine command of traditional styles, good and appropriate instrumental breaks, with an occasional unusual chord voicing, which tells me he wants each song to really sound different. Love musicians who never lose their curiosity for their instrument. I don't like to compare artists, but Heather opined that Jed sounds and writes a bit like Dan Fogelberg...and that ain't too shabby. Simply put, it sounds to me like Jed has as much respect for the "craft" of making music as he does the "art".

I Look forward to the CD Jed. Good stuff.

Rick