Beeline

Beeline Artist: Peter Case
Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 015707972222
EAN: 0015707972222
ASIN: B00006IJ4K


Release Date: 2002-09-17

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  1. Best Albums of 2002 (in no particular order)
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  3. Bear's Best of 2002 - From Joe "Bear" Goria
  4. Deb's Best of 2002

Tracks:

  1. If You Got a Light to Shine
  2. Evening Raga
  3. I Hear Your Voice
  4. Lost in the Sky
  5. Gone
  6. Something's Coming
  7. Ain't Leaving Your Love
  8. It's Cold Inside
  9. Maqana Champeen
  10. First Light

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Buzzsaw.......2002-11-10

Peter Case has always been a bit off-center. For those who tire of the usual, this makes his post-Plimsouls catalogue a treat. Case took a year off after his father's death; and his return with son Joshua on guitar is more fun than one would expect. "If You Got a Light to Shine" opens with a bongo beat that keeps the toes tapping. Case dedicates the CD to his father Wilber, Dave Van Ronk & George Harrison. "Evening Raga," may be a bluesy Harrison tribute with a meditative feel. "I woke this morning feeling bad, A woeful dream of a friend I had, I looked around & you weren't there, I looked above & said my prayer," he sings before Andrew Williams' harmonium explodes. "I Hear Your Voice" is soft like a gentle caress. "Lost In the Sky" pulses with Caribbean percussion & Arabic touches, "I feel like I'm falling & I don't know why." "Gone" is a pensive slow tune. My favorite is the propulsive beat of "Something's Coming" with its buzzsaw guitar, "Open your eyes & a struggle begins, going around to the voodoo dolls & pulling out pins." The CD concludes with an uncredited 11th track of a shorter version of the same tune. The other diamond on the CD is Case's bouncy reading of Townes Van Zandt's "Ain't Leaving Your Love," "Mr. Gator's gliding down the bayou; Mr. Buzzard's flying through the air; Mr. Turtle, he's hitting the highway, I ain't going nowhere; I ain't leaving your love." "It's Cold Inside" is a slow bluesy mix that brings Van Ronk to mind. "Manana Champeen" is a Dylanesque set-the-record-right tune that opens, "Here's to the procrastination champions of the world who put off everything until doomsday," and then musically devolves into schmaltz. The last of the original tracks is the excellent "First Light" that musically has some Harrison-like touches. Case has achieved the status with me of an artist whose releases I never miss. "Beeline" is a varied and strong outing. More fun! Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars McCabe's #1 - Peter Case Review 11-02-2002.......2002-11-03

I going to start a small review of each artist I buy a CD from after seeing that particular artist (or band) performance at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA ** I bought "Beeline" after Case's performance at McCabe's Sat. 11-02-2002. The first set of the concert featured most of Peter's new material off this particular album. I especially liked "Something's Coming" - "If You Got A Light To SHINE" - "Lost In The Sky" and a great tribute to Townes Van Zandt in "Ain't Leaving Your Love". The second set featured mostly his older songs - Including "On The Way Downtown" - "Honey Child" and "Beyond The Blues". Amazing singer-songwriting and progressive guitar player always settling for nothing less. His band was rockin' (drummer and bass player) and the encore brought out only Peter with his acoustic guitar. He played "Blue Distance" and "Broken Harmony" in such a sweet folk-harmony that I wished he would kept on playing. I met Peter after the concert by the front door and he had his Sharpie ready to sign my copy of "Beeline" - It read "To Joe - Excelsior!...Peter Case" Thanks Peter for making great music! JG "Bear"

5 out of 5 stars Spirit of Peter Case.......2002-10-19

Spirit of Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt, John Lennon, Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, Ravi Shankar, Middle East, Okinawa, and Santa Monica. Not Bush Administration.

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