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Recording information: Studio M, St. Paul, MN.
Photographer: Marc Norberg.
Arranger: Dean Magraw.
Personnel: Neal Hagberg (guitar, acoustic guitar); Dean Magraw (guitar); Lonnie Knight (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar); Leandra Peak (classical guitar); Peter Ostroushko (fiddle); Richard Dworsky (piano); Marc Anderson (drums, percussion); Dick Bortolussi (drums).
Audio Mixers: John Scherf; Paul Baron.
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Purchase Hearts & Hammers CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Neal & Leandra Accidental Dreams CD (1996)
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Neal Hagberg and Leandra Peak feel compelled to add little written introductions to the lyrics printed in the booklet for their fifth album, Accidental Dreams to reassure listeners that things aren't as dire for them and their world view as some of those lyrics might suggest. For example, there's the leadoff track, "Bottom of the Well," with its chorus, "I've reached the bottom of this well and it's dry/Someone told me there'd be water -- they lied/There might be water if I could cry/But the bottom of this well is dry." "Some people expressed concern for our emotional well-being after we sang this song," the duo confesses, adding, "Don't worry. We're OK. That's just the way life is sometimes." Things get even worse with the second track, "Love in the Family," which might have been called, "Dysfunction in the Family." ...
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| | Taylor Swift Fearless CD (2008) Enhanced CD
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Taylor Swift abandons any pretense that she's a teen on her second album, FEARLESS--which isn't to say ...
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| | Belton Richard I'm Back! CD (1996)
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| | Toby Keith Unleashed CD (2002)
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| | Pickin' On Alabama CD (2004)
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| | Brad Davis This World Ain't No Child CD (2004)
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It seems fair to say that for every country star crooning under his cowboy hat in the spotlight, there are several pickers standing just behind him in the shadows thinking to themselves, "I can play rings around this guy. I can sing, I can write, and I'm not bad looking. Why am I here on salary while he's out there getting the big bucks?" There's no way of knowing whether Brad Davis has ever mused in this way to himself as he's played guitar behind Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Billy Bob Thornton, the Sweethearts of the Rodeo, and the Forester Sisters, and recorded with them, as well as Sheryl Crow, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, and Pam Tillis. But if he did, there would be some justice in his attitude. On This World Ain't No Child, his second FGM (short for Fingerpicking Guitar magazine) release, Davis writes or co-writes all 12 songs, sings in an engaging, if not overwhelmingly distinctive, tenor, and, of course, picks a superior acoustic guitar as well as his own self-designed Brad Bender, accompanied by such buddies and bandmates as Thornton (who applies his limited voice to "Shadows"), Sam Bush, John Jorgenson, Béla Fleck, and Tommy Shaw of Styx. Especially on the album's first several tracks, the players turn in some terrific bluegrass-style work, but the quality of the performing extends throughout the disc. The songs are a bit stronger than those on Davis' 2003 collection I'm Not Gonna Let My Blues Bring Me Down, so that this is not just a glorified picking session. But that may mean the album won't so much launch the artist as a recording star as it will serve the function of a publishing demo to get the tunes to more established acts. If so, the disc may mean another step on Davis' trip to solo stardom. If not, he's still not likely ever to be out of work. ~ William Ruhlmann
Having spent the last fifteen years performing on stage as a member of Marty Stuart's road band, playing lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and playing lead electric and acoustic guitar with Billy Bob Thornton's rock band, Brad Davis now brings his acoustic guitar and songwriting talent to the forefront with the release of his new solo recording This World Ain't No Child. This album not only presents Brad's unique blend of acoustic blues, rock, country, and bluegrass and highlights his vocal, songwriting, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and bass talents, its real excitement is the interaction between Brad and some of the world's most talented musicians from the bluegrass, newgrass, country, and rock genres.In addition to playing lead electric and acoustic guitars on the road with Marty Stuart for over ten years, Brad Davis also played on Marty's gold selling album "This Ones Gonna Hurt You," the Marty Stuart "Hit Pack," and Marty's latest MCA recording "The Pilgrim." Brad played on the soundtrack of ...
| | Starz Coliseum Rock CD (1979) (Import) England; Remastered; United Kingdom
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Starz was never a favorite among rock critics, who had few kind words for its Capitol releases of the late '70s. Whether Starz was providing pop-metal or power pop, the band received its share of negative reviews. But then, one can't always measure an artist's worth based on the opinions of critics. As a rule, critics tend to like music that is challenging and provocative instead of merely entertaining, which explains why the late '70s critics who praised the Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, and the Clash had nothing nice to say about Starz, a band that was seldom challenging and didn't pretend to be. Starz was merely entertaining, and the band was good at what it did it ...
| | Country & West Coast - The Birth Of Country Rock CD (2006)
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The 1996 Rhino CD compilation Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 5: Legends of Country Rock is usually regarded as the best various-artists anthology of country-rock from the late '60s and early '70s, though it was unable to license material by a few of the genre's more notable innovators. While the songs on this 24-track collection are generally less known (and sometimes downright obscure), Country & West Coast: The Birth of Country Rock might actually serve as a better examination of how the style originated, both due to its greater ...
| | Mr Sam Opus Secundo CDs (2008)
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