Jubal Foster
ASIN: B00006EXKV
Track Listings
| 1. Nothin' Helps |
| 2. I've Just Seen a Face |
| 3. Six Days from Sunday |
| 4. Savin' Up for a Cadillac |
| 5. Reason to Cry |
| 6. Girl I Used to Know |
| 7. If It Ain't Love |
| 8. Ragin' River |
| 9. Stranger Things Have Happened |
| 10. I Know You Rider |
| 11. Blue Mountain |
| 12. Hard Price to Pay |
Jubal Foster,Jubal Foster,Western Beat,Country,Country & Western,Pop
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Jubal Foster
Manufacturer: Sw-South West Label Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B00006EXKV Release Date: 2002-08-06 |
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Bluegrass harmonies meet honky-tonk twang.......2002-10-17
Throughout this CD, the band shows a reverence for their sources, with superb twang and harmonies, but without any sort of slavish retro-devotion; they're equally at home with their country roots and non-country influences. A cover of the Beatles "I've Just Seen a Face," for example, provides an opportunity to bring the song's melody to a light shuffle beat, backed by mandolin and reverb-heavy baritone guitar. It's that sort of synthesis that often marks the band's approach.
But even with the variety of flavors brought to each song, there is a definite lean charted by the writers. "Savin' Up For a Cadillac" wears its Bakersfield twang proudly, while "Six Days From Sunday" and "If It Ain't Love" feature tightly-packed hill-harmonies, and "Ragin' River" takes a country-swing turn. "I Know You Rider," long a regular of the Grateful Dead's set list, is rendered here as in a wonderful folk style (no whirling dervish dancing, no 15-minute extended jam).
Though this debut is low-key -- it's not filled with the hot-picking of a bluegrass band, or the twin-telecaster sting of Bakersfield -- it harbors significant charms in its smooth mix of styles and lovingly recorded sound. Perhaps the only real disappointment is that the band didn't take a stab at the Andy Griffith Show theme ("The Fishin' Hole"), as co-written by Everett Sloan -- the actor who portrayed Jubal Foster. Here's looking forward to their sophomore release!
These boys are going to be big!.......2002-08-22
One of my personal favorites is "Six Days From Sunday." It's an original tune that is really catchy. I find myself humming it throughout the day. They do a great job of covering the Lennon/McCartney song "I've Just Seen a Face". The entire cd is a good mix of cover tunes and original compositions.
I actually saw them live before I heard the cd and nothing is lost in the transition. I recommend playing this cd on your way to work to start your day out on the right foot!
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