Jake Kelly Discography of CDs

Jake Kelly CD discography With his excellent third album, SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK, Gary Allan found his artistic voice, one filled with torch and twang. Allan's always been true to the traditional country sounds of Buck and Merle, but SMOKE RINGS finds him channeling Roy Orbison too, as well as the atmospheric feel of Chris Isaak's early records. The production on the CD is just outstanding, whether it's the barroom piano on "Cowboy ...

Jake Kelly discography All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. Gary Allan is a surfer from Southern California, but you'd never know it from listening to IT WOULD BE YOU. Allan's taken care to pack his sophomore release with nothing but straight-up country songs from some of the finest writers in Nashville. Heck, he's even cut a song Conway Twitty wrote back in 1963 ("She Loves Me, She Don't Love You.") The ...

Jake Kelly albums This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. On his first couple of albums for Decca, Gary Allan's talent was somewhat submerged in assembly-line Nashville production. After a label change, his third disc, 1999's SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK found him fulfilling his potential with a rootsy, accessible New Traditionalist sound. A few years down the line, he continues to progress, bucking the ...

Jake Kelly CD discography Gary Allan's debut, Used Heart for Sale, is a competent set of neo-traditionalist country that occasionally comes to life, such as on the single "Her Man." Allan's best moments suggest that he is capable of more. ~ Thom Owens Recorded at Javelina Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Personnel: Gary Allan (vocals); Dan Dugmore (acoustic guitar, steel guitar); Jake Kelly, B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Hank Singer (fiddle); Steve Nathan (keyboards); ...

Jake Kelly music CDs In following up his exceptionally strong 2003 release, SEE IF I CARE, country singer Gary Allan opted to stick to his New Traditionalist guns, resulting in another compelling set of songs. TOUGH ALL OVER opens boldly with the rock-tinged title track (penned in part by Jim Lauderdale), and proceeds to mix sensitive ballads ("Best I Ever Had" and "Life Ain't Always Beautiful") with twangy mid-tempo tunes ("I Just Got Back ...

Jake Kelly songs In today's climate of disposable, prepackaged country stars, fans can be forgiven for not expecting very much of a performer hyped as "the surfing cowboy." Yet Gary Allan, a native Californian with a clear affection and aptitude for the music of Merle Haggard and George Strait, is more than a tag line and a pretty face. On ALRIGHT GUY, as on his breakthrough 1999 smash SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK, ...

Jake Kelly albums By turns silly, sad, gleeful, and serious, the Kimya Dawson we meet on REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU is the same delightful oddball fans have grown to love. At the same time, there is something a bit more sophisticated at play here. The former Moldy Peach remains folk rock's class clown, but the arrangements of these songs are a little more complex, and Dawson seems more self-aware, more in control of her allusions ...

Jake Kelly music CDs This four-song EP presents two songs each by lo-fi charmers Kimya Dawson and Matt Tobey, replete with accordion, ukulele, and the unschooled vocals of both. The two Dawson songs would also end up on her 2006 album REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU. Personnel: Kimya Dawson (vocals, guitar, flute); Scott Yoder (vocals, guitar); Jake Kelly (vocals, violin); Matt Tobey (vocals, accordion, drums, bells).