Fred Eaglesmith - Dusty
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Artist: Fred EaglesmithEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-08
Music Label: Aml Records
Soundtracks:
- Dusty
- Tunnel
- J 75
- Ship
- Rainbow
- Whichita
- Crowds
- Hey Baby
- Codeine
- Carne Del Toro
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Music Review: Fred Eaglesmith- Dusty
Rating: 4 Stars
Fred Eaglesmith: Dusty
Do you know what a "mesa" is? If your answer is no, then words
like "rusty," "dusty," "leather boots," "cough," "flies," and "texas"
should clue you in. Right from the start of the record, the road
tested, listener approved Fred Eaglesmith makes it clear that he's
not from around here. He's from Canada. He was a hobo. He's
seen poverty, divorce, and pain pain pain...
This particular album, Fred's 12th? (maybe his 20th... who knows?)
is a willing victim of very stylized production. This kind of
production is a necessity if an album is going to pull the listener in
enough to make him/her listen to the whole disc all the way
through. It seems at first as though this producer decided to make
the theme, "Casio Keyboard Beats." This decision tells me, and
many others that he's just trying ot mix it up, and he's essentially
flushing the album down the toilet. But nope. It's far from being
flushed! The seemingly inexpensive beats lead your ear to the
other instruments and to the beauty of the melodies. There is
something quaint, and at the same time ballsy about using such
cheesy beats as the foundation for a song. Some numbers even
sound like he used a glorified metronome.
In any case, it makes for a fresh album, that will not find its way out
of the cd changer, or the head of its listener for a long time.
Perhaps there are those out there who won't be as enthusiastic
about "Dusty." But I'm willing to bet they are the ones who haven't
been deserted, and have never seen the predictable drama that
comes with poverty. In the second track, "Tunnel" Fred sings about
the way his lady can straighten his paths and be the inspiration for
living the good life, and fighting the good fight. There are two more
songs that lay between this song of devotion and thanks and the
sorrow-filled, moving break-up song titled, "Rainbow." Fred asks
in "Rainbow," '...what are you supposed to do, when your rainbow
breaks in two...?" In just two songs, Fred went from thankful, to
broken... and this change is justified in the songs sandwiched
between the two. In "I-75" (the third track) a picture is painted of
trapped souls trying to escape the personal hell and strain they are
in. They all try to drive down I-75 to get away, only to fade away
like falling stars. And in the next song (the fourth track), Fred is
further lamenting his tough situation and praying to the Lord for a
rest. So there you have it... life is tough, and when its as tough as it
is in tracks three and four, it can take its toll and cause the sad
break-ups we've all seen in track five.
Every song is different story. Each story with common threads:
being strung out, looking for an escape, heartbreak, alcohol, drugs
and the grime of life. This isn't the typical "Woe is me" album that
turns into a whining-fest from the start. This album is bitter sweet,
and it's that ability to mix two unorthodox things together that
makes Fred the talented artist he is. Who else can get away with
putting coedine and cattle in the first line of a song? The question
is important, and the answer is obvious...
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