Influence

Influence

Influence
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Performer: Shaw Blades
Performer: Tommy Shaw
Performer: Jack Blades
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-06
Music Label: VH1 Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Summer Breeze
  2. Time of the Season
  3. Your Move
  4. I Am a Rock
  5. Lucky Man
  6. The Sound of Silence
  7. California Dreamin'
  8. On a Carousel
  9. Dirty Work
  10. For What It's Worth
  11. Dance with Me

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Free Music Review: AMAZING cd from beginning to end
Hit: 5 Stars

As a life long Tommy Shaw fan I held high expectations for this release. Considering that 8 of the tracks are among my all-time favorite songs I held very high expectations for this release. However, considering Jack Blades' had such a poor showing on his recent solo debut, I had some reservations about this forthcoming release. I did not listen to any of the streamed audio online as I wanted to listen to the cd with a fresh set of ears unprejudiced toward any or all of the disk.

Aside from the incredibly sparse liner notes, this cd is a monster of an album. From the very first notes of SUMMER BREEZE on through to the end of DANCE WITH ME, I was simply amazed. Though Jack appears to sing lead vocals on most of the tracks, he sings with his natural voice (as revealed on the DAMN YANKEES debut and early NIGHT RANGER releases) and never tries to sound 'too different from Tommy Shaw' as he began doing on the DON'T TREAD release and throughout his SHAW BLADES and solo releases. As such, the songs sound fresh, vibrant and natural... albeit individualized for Tommy and Jack.

I despise cover tracks where in the musicians try to 'make the song their own' by changing the sound and arrangement of the track so much that it hardly resembles the original. I believe that with genuine vocal and instrumentation talent that a true artist can 'own' the song and yet honor the original recordings by staying true to the basic style of the original. Tommy and Jack do just that.

Never does Tommy stray too far with his guitar solos and never do the boys' vocals perform in any way other than admiration for these classic tracks. DANCE WITH ME and I AM A ROCK offer distinct changes to the styles of the songs, yet never too much to dishonor ORLEANS or SIMON AND GARFUNKLE.

Many critics have regarded this release as being an "acoustic" album, which could hardly be true. While the majority of tracks feature the acoustic guitar, this album has more than enough electric six-strings, keyboards and drums to be a rollicking rock and roll album. Never could this be considered an 'unplugged' cover album as one critic remarked.

This is a GREAT covers album. It met my expectations and exceeded them. I tip my hat to Tommy Shaw... this album exemplifies his genuine artistry through and through.
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Legendary STYX guitarist Tommy Shaw and former NIGHT RANGER and DAMN YANKEE frontman Jack Blades team up again for their second venture on INFLUENCE. INFLUENCE is also the first CD release coming out on the new created VH1 Classic Records label. From Tommy Shaw, on the making of INFLUENCE: 'This album has been years in the making. The recording process didn't take years, but the concept had been looming in our conversations for years. From the day Jack Blades showed up on my doorstep, we discovered our chemistry as writers almost immediately. We became best friends as a result of the music and the experiences we had because of it.' ' After two albums and two world tours with Damn Yankees, we decided to do our first Shaw Blades album, Hallucination. The album was a departure from Damn Yankees that it was more acoustic in nature, not nearly as heavy and more organically produced.' 'On INFLUENCE, we went song by song; some we held very close to the original version, while on others we departed from the familiar arrangements and made them our own.'

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