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BEV BEVAN'S CD PICKS AUGUST 2018 FAB FOUR
Boz Scaggs – Middle Man / Other Roads (Beat Goes On)
Boz Scaggs met guitarist Steve Miller at the University of Wisconsin where they formed a group which in later years became The Steve Miller Band. He played on their first two albums, Children of the Future and Sailor. Following ‘musical differences’, Boz embarked on a solo career and got a recording deal, but had little success until his fourth LP Silk Degrees became a massive hit in 1976, reaching number two on the US album charts and eschewing two hit singles, Lowdown and Lido Shuffle which were also successful in the UK.
These two albums, Middle Man (a top ten US hit in 1980) and the less successful Other Roads, released in 1988, are now available on this double CD package. Over the years Boz Scaggs has written some fine songs and recorded albums that are always well produced and boast a wealth of fine backing musicians. These two albums are no exception and feature the likes of David Foster, Steve Lukather, Ray Parker Jnr, Jeff Porcaro, Lenny Castro, David Paich and Carlos Santana.
Useless Information Department…although I have never worked with Boz Scaggs, I did once meet him during the 1980s at a beach party in Sydney, Australia …along with Bob Hope!
Ryan Martin – Gimme Some Light (High Moon)
Originally from Los Gatos, California, Ryan Martin began writing songs when he was 14 and played in bands and did solo gigs up and down that beautiful west coast of America. However, following a traumatic motor accident in 2005, life took on a dark turn and realising he needed a fresh start to re-focus his musical ambitions he made the 3,000 mile trip to New York City where he soon formed a band, played shows and recorded his self-released debut album, For All the Beautiful Losers.
After gigging around NYC, then touring other parts of the States, engaging new fans and becoming a father, he felt he was ready to write and record songs that reflected new hope. Recorded in New York, Gimme Some Light delves deep. From the twangy Americana of Death of Love, the jangly Say You Love Me, the rocking Lepers in Armour or the fragility of Real Human Being, these are songs written from the heart. Ryan Martin’s themes can get dark with self-doubt, longing, remorse and heartbreak, but they also contain energy, confidence, humour and hope.
Eric Clapton – Life in 12 Bars (Universal)
This is the accompanying CD to the new Eric Clapton documentary, Life in 12 Bars, directed by Oscar-winner Lili Fini Zanuck. The film promises to take a deep and unflinching look into the life and times of the legendary 18-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist and will be aired on the BBC later this year.
This double CD (also available as a four LP box set) comprises 32 tracks that span Clapton’s long and incredibly successful career. It includes tracks featuring Eric Clapton playing lead guitar with The Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Blues- breakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes, George Harrison, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters and The Beatles, as well as his solo work. There are five previously unreleased tracks: Derek and the Dominoes’ High; a live version of Little Wing; Clapton’s full length version of Bob Marley’s I Shot The Sheriff; a live recording of Chuck Berry’s Little Queenie; and a 17-minute long tour de force version of Spoonful, recorded live at the LA Forum in 1968 during Cream’s final US tour.
Jim Reeves – My Friend / Missing You / Am I That Easy to Forget / I’d Fight the World (Beat Goes On)
James Travis Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas in 1923 and died in a plane crash in 1964. He was 10 months old when his father died, leaving his mother to raise nine children on the family homestead. A promising base- ball career ended early through injury and he became a disc jockey before becoming a country and western singer. His big break came when he was chosen to be on the hugely popular Grand Ole Opry TV show and he was signed to RCA Records. The rest, as they say, is history.
Countless albums and singles were released following his untimely death. These four albums were originally re- leased in the early seventies and are now together on this two-CD package. There are 40 tracks in all including: From A Jack To A King; The Ties That Bind; Welcome To My World; Have You Ever Been Lonely; The Hawaiian Wed- ding Song; There’s A Heartache Following Me; and The Streets Of Laredo.
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