Johnny A. - Sometime Tuesday Morning

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Music Review: Damn!!!!
Rating: 5 Stars

But like Slowhand himself, Mr. A. is more concerned with melody, space, the quality of each song, and voice of his guitar than with pyrotechnics and 128th notes. This is not to say he doesn't cook, because he can. It's just that when he does, it's to enhance the song, not show off (more like Lindsay Buckingham).

The music is quite varied and includes rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, surf, and straight ahead shredding. If you're looking at this, it's probably because of "Oh Yeah!" which is clearly infectious and one of the best and coolest tracks on the album. But the rest of the songs, are also excellent, and vary quite a bit. There are spare and reserved songs like, "Sometime Tuesday Morning," "Lullabye for Nicole," and the phenomenal "Witchita Lineman" (which makes you wonder why it ever needed vocals before). There is a remake of Johnny Smith's surf anthem "Walk Don't Run" which is perfect. And some others like, "Up in the Attic" leave me with my mouth hanging open every time I hear it - Brian Setzer has nothing on him. His original compositions are voiced very well, which is to say that they do not suffer from not having a singer. None of them need a vocalist. This is something that most instrumental albums suffer from. But most of all, this album is cool!! This guy knows how to play cool music.

I play guitar and this is the style I like to play. (I'm not anywhere near this good, in case you were concerned.) His articulation and clarity, while still sounding incredibly cool, is beyond anything I have ever heard (and I listen to a lot of guitar). His quality of style is up there with Chet Atkins and Wes Montgomery. Yes, that good!

I don't want to spoil the wonderful surprise of hearing this disk for the first time, so just buy it! You will not regret it. You'll do what I have been doing - playing it for my friends and trying to explain at length who he is so they can buy it.

You might notice I've mentioned a few different types of guitarists I think he compares to. His style incorporates so many disparate elements it's hard to classify. I call it good music - hot and cool, with a small dash of guitar god thrown in. Definitely worth picking up.

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