Old Dan's Records - Gordon Lightfoot

Advantages: Unique Compositions and outstanding playin
Disadvantages: Not as much supporting instruments as just for seamus cd.

...is a first for being played on the bagpipes and i would recommend anyone to go for this cd even just to listen to this track alone.Its is of a Mediterranean style and is recorded with gordon playing harmiones over the melody. Strathspeys and Reels - Lady Carmichael , Because He Was A Bonny Lad, Craig an Bodaich, The Flagon, Mrs.MacLeod, a nice traditional selection for the older generation. Pibroch and Reels - His pibroch "Nae Door Pibroch" contains plenty of diversity to go with the trademark rapid fire Ian Green's - This tune was written for the production company he worked for, Ian Greentrax. Inverness Gathering - The Inverness Gathering , Unknown, The Bee In the Knickers, Hardiman the Fiddler, a nice arrangement of traditional tunes mixed with some of the contempary compositions. Lorient Mornings - Gordon was a admirier... Read review

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Advantages: Good Clean fun, with deep meaning lyrics
Disadvantages: None

...Barenaked Ladies got its start in 1988, when childhood friends Steven Page (vocals/guitar) and Ed Robertson (guitar) discovered they enjoyed singing together at summer camp. The idea for the band name (which the two were forced to defend repeatedly in the group's early years) came to them during a giggling fit at a Bob Dylan concert. After several months spent performing as opening act for a traveling comedy troupe, the duo recruited high school classmates (and brothers) Jim Creeggan (bass) and Andrew Creeggan (keyboards), and the foursome recorded a demo tape, titled Barenaked Lunch. A performance at the annual Buskers Festival in Waterloo, Ontario, led to an encounter with like-minded drummer Tyler Stewart, and the group was complete. Gordon, the band's first album proved a smash in Canada, but failed to generate much excitement... Read review

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Advantages: Fabulous lyrics, moving, not overly sentimental
Disadvantages: Noe really

...even to those with no faith at all. Musically, although the bluegrass and country influence is unmistakeable, it does not feel as just a country or a gospel CD. For me, quite simply it has become my number one record to listen to. = PRACTICAL INFO = Track list: 1. Adoration (4:37) 2. I Know Somebody Who Does (3:33) 3. Wake Up Dancin' (3:55) 4. Don't Let Me Miss the Glory (4:36) 5. Maplewood Methodist Church (4:04) 6. Get Up in Jesus' Name (3:39) 7. Mercy Walked In (3:28) 8. All That Noise (3:14) 9. I Can't Even Walk (Without You Holding My Hand) (4:18) 10. Ain't Gonna Give Up on God (4:28) 11. My Redeemer Is Faithful and True (3:41) 12. The Other Side of Time (4:55) 13. This Life (4:29) Personnel: Gordon Mote (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Kimberly Mote (vocals, background... Read review

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