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Quite Possibly the Best CD in His Repertoire Oct 19, 2009
This is the #1 CD on my "desert island" list. All of Chris Smither's best attributes as a singer-songwriter--clever rhyming, great guitar playing, spot-on vocal interpretations--are shown off to marvelous advantage on this album. Even the addition of backup singers on certain tracks (something I am leery of) is done with subtlety and in perfect taste on this production. I listen to this CD in my car constantly, especially when driving on long trips; I never tire of it, and it keeps me awake and happy.
Still listening Feb 27, 2009
I've owned this CD since it came out and am still listening to it. In fact, it's grown on me to become one of my very favorites - an unusually moving and mature collection that deepens with each listening, made all the more pleasurable by some terrific laid-back music and humor. I've long been drawn to thoughtful meditations on aging and mortality - I first recall getting that feeling when I read John Updike's Rabbit At Rest - and this CD gives me that same feeling. It must be a great sense of accomplishment to toil at a craft for 30 or 40 years to produce a work of such lasting merit. I hope I live long enough to experience the same feeling some day. Thank you, Chris, for a great work of art.
As good as it gets... Dec 02, 2008
I first heard of Chris Smither when I purchased Avalon Blues, a Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt.
I wish I had found him sooner, now I've some catching up to do.
Chris is a musical Gem. Music for the soul.
 Keep The Light On, Please Jun 13, 2008
If I were to ask someone, in the year 2008, to name a male folk singer from the 1960's I would assume that if I were to get an answer to that question that the name would be Bob Dylan. And that would be a good and appropriate choice. One can endlessly dispute whether or not Dylan was (or wanted to be) the voice of the Generation of '68 but in terms of longevity and productivity he fits the bill as a known quality. However, there were a slew of other male folk singers who tried to find their niche in the folk milieu and who, like Dylan, today continue to produce work and to perform. The artist under review Chris Smither is one such singer/songwriter.
I do not know if Chris Smither, like his contemporary Bob Dylan, started out wanting to be the king of the hill among male folk singers but he certainly has some things going for him. He plays that signature blue guitar for all it is worth of such covers as Cold Blues yet can turn it down several notches for a song like Leave The Light On and then goes softer on reflective songs like the tribute Father's Day. Moreover he is as capable as any songwriter of writing of longing, lost love, thoughts of mortality and.....being stupid in the world. Witness Origin of The Species on that last point. Then turn it up a notch with a bittersweet song. And then, finally, as if to pay homage to the icon of the generation, one who helped keep the genre alive for the likes of Chris, a nod to Dylan with an outstanding rendition of Visions of Johanna. Yes, Chris had the tool to go out and slay the dragons of the folk world. His work may not be well known outside the precincts of the graying folk world, but it should be.
Turn The Light On Chris Jun 10, 2008
Every time Chris Smither produces a new cd, I buy it, love it, and give a compilation of some of the songs for my friends in the hopes that they will buy the cd as well, because this guy deserves the money. He's a first rate song interpreter (check out his version of Dylan's 'Visions of Johanna"), a superb blues/folk guitar player and an excellent songwriter. Buy this cd and it will be money well spent.
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