>i was never a big fairport fan but i will say richard thompson deserves a
>listen....his work with his ex linda is good stuff and his solo work after
>that is excellant....great guitar player and songwriter....
>mark
Well, I guess I should've amended my earlier statement about Thompson, but I
was on a roll, yabba dabba doo. But, like Surrealistic, I picked up a copy
of Shoot Out the Lights by the former Mr.-and-Mrs. I got it because it KEPT
ON showing up on critics and fans lists of Top Whatevers. Plus, Bob Mould
had done a blistering version of the title track, and anyway, I got it. And
while I will acknowledge how floored I was by the guitar work on the title
track, I liked maybe one other song on the album. The songs may have been
good, but the production of the album left me flat-out cold. For some
reason, I take production as seriously as I do musicianship, and if I don't
feel the production flatters a song (or songs), then I don't think the
song's gonna be great. Thompson's stuff all seems to strike me this way, so
maybe I'm just hearing the wrong records, but at fifteen or so bucks a pop,
I can safely say that I'm not gonna find out. Oh well, it's not the last
boat I've missed. After all, I can't seem to fathom the effusive praise for
Son Volt's live shows, so there ya go.
Lance . . .
