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Pop/soul legend Withers was one of the most important figures in '70s R&B, but most of his catalog remained shamefully unavailable throughout the '90s. Fans who followed Withers into the CD age (and those who weren't around during his glory days) were forced to content themselves with this short but definitive anthology. Withers' smooth '80s hit "Just The Two Of Us" kicks things off, but it's the '70s cuts that are the meat of his catalog.
Withers' gift for marrying lyrical simplicity, soul, and an undefinable freshness of presentation sets his early work apart. "Use Me," with it's angular, funky clavinet line and unabashedly sexual lyrics, is prime Withers. The moody, minor-keyed lost-love lament of "Ain't No Sunshine" demonstrates his ability to articulate loss without resorting to sentimentality. The classic "Lean On Me" adds a touch of Gospel for an unpretentious anthem of emotional solidarity. Listening to this collection, one can't help but marvel at the fact that Withers' original albums have remained out of print for so many years. Bill Withers Greatest Hits Songs Greatest Hits Review
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MOXIE with Frank Ferrel & Friends ---------------Moxie means energy, pep, know-how, expertise. That describes Frank Ferrel and friends, and it describes this recording. Franks fiddling, with a Celtic bent, makes these New England tunes sing!-----------------Frank Ferrel - fiddlePeter Barnes - keyboardsJohn McGann - guitar, mandolin Joe Derrane - accordion (cuts 4, 11)Janene Muise Randall, piano (cuts 8, 14, 15)----------------- Moxie with Frank Ferrel & Friends By Mary DesRosiers, Harrisville, NHMoxie / 'mak - se / n [ fr. Moxie, a trademark for a New England soft drink] (1930) 1 ENERGY, PEP 2: COURAGE, DETERMINATION 3: KNOW-HOW, EXPERTISE +++++++++Who knows where dance tunes come from? For a fiddler like Frank Ferrel they might come from his long acquaintance with old-time dance music, which began in the sounds he heard pouring out of the Irish and Canadian bars and dance halls in the remnants of Roxbury's old Dudley Street neighborhood. They might come from further back: from the hungry and homesick immigrants from Cork and Cape Breton who immigrated to American cities in the nineteenth century. Or further back still: from the dances, churches and kitchens of the Old World. The music on this recording comes from all those places, but, more directly, it comes from Frank Ferrel himself; and like the famous (or infamous) soft drink in the orange can, concocted by a doctor from Maine and bottled in Massachusetts, it can have a salubrious effect on the listener. As Ferrel himself says, 'You don't hear the word 'moxie' used much anymore, except by the occasional old-timer referring to a ball player or a boxer as having 'moxie.' !!!!!..Like Moxie, all these tunes are from New England. I know. I wrote them. When certain musical bits and pieces, or melodic odds and ends start echoing in my head, I try to pay attention. Sometimes these bits and pieces come together in ways I've never heard before, so I write them down, not quite sure where they come from, but knowing all along what they're meant to be. That's what this recording is all about: tunes that have found their way onto the fingerboard and won't leave me alone. They're about people and places, favorite things, fleeting glimpses, lingering tastes, memories and desires. ' To bring those 'bits and pieces' to a wider audience, Ferrel has enlisted a trio of experienced accomplices. Boston-born accordionist Joe Derrane is a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship recipient for 2004. He became enthralled by the music of the button accordion while still a child and got his earliest lessons from the legendary Irish master Jerry O'Brien. He credits his huge repertoire to Boston's Dudley Street dance clubs, at which he was a regular during the 'forties and fifties. You can still hear the dance in the drive and ornamentation of his playing. ...
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