Johnny A. - Sometime Tuesday Morning
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Free Music Review: This Guy Can Play!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard the song"Oh Yeah" on the radio about 2 months ago. A couple of weeks later I decided to buy the CD "Sometime Tuesday Morning". The truth must be told my friends, this is one of the best instrumental recording's that I have ever heard! Man, this guy can play. Johnny A. is a guitar player that sounds like other great players, yet has a style that is all his own. There is not ONE bad song on this recording. All 12 songs are Top Shelf . My 3 favorites are "Oh Yeah",( which is the only one that I've heard on the airwaves)," Wichita Lineman", (absolutley beautiful), and "Walkin' West Ave".( Smokey,Bluesy and Spooky). I can honestly say that this CD is so good, it would be ruined if it HAD vocals on it. If you like smooth, clean and tasty music, then this CD is for you!Free Music Review: Damn!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is quite an achievement. I could not spend all the time it would take to give this album the praise it deserves. If Johnny A. doesn't yet have his picture framed on the mantle of guitar gods, he's definitely hanging on the edge pulling himself up.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.
Free Music Review: Cat's Pajamas
Hit: 5 Stars
Listening to World Cafe last night while taking a bath with my pet cockatiel Zisl dozing on my head, I heard a guitarist come on that made Zisl leap straight up in the air. WHO ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WAS PLAYING THAT BODACIOUSLY TASTY HOT'N'COOL ALL-OVER-MUSICDOM ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL GUITAR? It was no one I had ever heard before by any stretch. His distinctiveness is in your face yet subtle. His joie-de-guitar is blatant yet restrained. His tongue-in-cheek musical references are over-the-top. His throw-away virtuosity is a shimmering silvery undercurrent in the deeps. 'Twas Johnny A. All my vows to resist buying more CDs flew out the window. Very next morning (today), in fact it was sometime Tuesday morning, I had to go out and get SOMETIME TUESDAY MORNING. Go, you too, now. Johnny A Rules.Free Music Review: Solid & Tasteful
Hit: 5 Stars
This guitar CD is solid and tastefully understated. If you are a player it's a must have. If you just love music, again it's a must have.Free Music Review: Most Satisfying
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an all-instrumental album containing originals and tasteful - yet exciting! - interpretations. Johnny A is wise enough to allow space for the music to breathe (which is a difficult lesson to learn, judging by the albums of many guitar masters) but pays attention to detail in a most pleasing, musical way. Give this one a listen.