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Rich
Warren's Midnight Special Favorites for 2004
First, an
explanatory note:I refrain from calling these "The Best of 2004"
because the following list is but one man's biased opinion. I have
culled these from the many good recordings that crossed my CD player
this year. I'm sure I forgot to include a few notable recordings.
All told, I estimate "The Midnight Special" received at least 600
new recordings, and I listened to about 400 new recordings, of
which about 200 made it into the WFMT library, and about 110
received airplay. I do not include reissues and most compilations
among these favorites. As the cut-off date is November 1, some of
the newest recordings will not be considered until next year.
It was really
hard to boil my favorites down to a mere 14 releases this year.
There was no insufficiency of great music. While I thought about
these choices long and hard for several weeks, if not most of the
year, had I made the list a day earlier or a day later it might have
been slightly different.
Among Rich's
favorites was Guy's Legacy:
Guy Davis has
been steadily improving at his craft since he arrived a few years
back. He has a natural understanding of his material and an
intellectual vision of it. You'll have to actually buy the CD to see
what his goal is with this recording, but there's a rather
interesting booklet and opening track to say the least. (We can't
play the opening track on the radio.) Besides top notch performances
of well chosen songs, mostly traditional and a few original, there's
a message with this CD that you will realize when you read his notes
and listen to it in its entirely.
If a good
friend visited from out-of-town with only an hour or two to spare,
and asked me to play my favorites from 2004, I would play the
following, in this case in no particular order. Actually, I have
purchased quantities of several of them to give to friends for the
holidays.
Guy and Odetta appeared at The B.B. King Blues
Club on April 4, 2002 and and knocked the socks off the fans. Read all
about it from the Newport
Jazz in New York City Reviews.
Guy relaxes with his son Martial
after a gig at BB King's in NYC.
Photo by Bibiana Matheis (August, 2001)
Ian Anderson celebrates a
highly successful run of dates in the midwest with his special guest
opener, Guy Davis and his manager Thom Wolke and Guy's guitarist Nerak
Roth Patterson, along with Jethro Tull guitarist, Martin Barre.
(Click on the picture to
enjoy a short video of Ian
Anderson on the flute along with Guy and Nerak.)
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