Paul Pena - New Train
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Free Music Review: You gotta buy it!
Hit: 5 Stars
I stumbled on Paul Pena's NEW TRAIN cd a few months ago, and I can't stop playing it. The first track lays down a groove that is so infectious it makes me smile as I repay it over and over. I told my brother, who is usually the one to turn me on to a new great sound, you've got to hear this guy Paul Pena. I'd vaguely heard of Paul from god knows where, and I bought the cd on pure inspired hunch. I hit pay dirt, and you will too. The track Cosmic Mirror is reminiscent of the best of Jimi Hendrix, even better. With each playing, the album reveals new layers of artistry. You gotta buy it. It has everything- songwriting mastery, great licks, soulful singing that just sends me. And now I've learned more of Paul's immense humanity, as chronicled in the documentary film Ghengis Blues about his remarkable journey into the singular culture of Tuvan throatsinging. His struggle with isolation born of his condition of blindness and feeling like a stranger in his own land, and his recent life threatening illness. The last straw was learning that his talent and this fabulous album was suppressed for 28 years by recording industry machinations. This man needs to be heard. I can just tell you again, you gotta buy it!Free Music Review: You gotta buy it!
Hit: 5 Stars
I stumbled on Paul Pena's NEW TRAIN cd a few months ago, and I can't stop playing it. The first track lays down a groove that is so infectious it makes me smile as I repay it over and over. I told my brother, who is usually the one to turn me on to a new great sound, you've got to hear this guy Paul Pena. I'd vaguely heard of Paul from god knows where, and I bought the cd on pure inspired hunch. I hit pay dirt, and you will too. The track Cosmic Mirror is reminiscent of the best of Jimi Hendrix, even better. With each playing, the album reveals new layers of artistry. You gotta buy it. It has everything- songwriting mastery, great licks, soulful singing that just sends me. And now I've learned more of Paul's immense humanity, as chronicled in the documentary film Ghengis Blues about his remarkable journey into the singular culture of Tuvan throatsinging. His struggle with isolation born of his condition of blindness and feeling like a stranger in his own land, and his recent life threatening illness. The last straw was learning that his talent and this fabulous album was suppressed for 28 years by recording industry machinations. This man needs to be heard. I can just tell you again, you gotta buy it!Free Music Review: Paul Pena- The One that Slipped Away
Hit: 5 Stars
It is amazing to me that a gem like this could possibly go 30 years before being released. Where were the Deadheads on this one? Most of my friends who are Deadheads know just about every band that Jerry was involved with, but no one knew about Paul Pena. Even though "Jet Airliner" became a staple Steve Miller Band song and "Gonna Move" became a popular song for R&B bands to cover, no one decided to look any further into the roots of the music. In 2000 though, someone finally did decide to release this record and it is amazing- while "Gonna Move" and "Jet Airliner" are both amazing, it is also good to hear the other songs that no one has heard of. They are all outstanding- I am convinced that if Paul's CD had been released on time in 1973, we today would be listening to Paul Penna on classic rock stations across America and possibly likening him with Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, or Jimi Hendrix for bringing his own sound to music. Sadly, the record went unproduced and Paul Pena stands as one of the most under-appreciated musicians of the century. Fortunately for us though, the CD is now in stores for us to enjoy. I highly recomend this for any music enthusiast.Free Music Review: what a gift
Hit: 5 Stars
Anyone truly interested in and educated about rock/soul/r&b music will be glad to own this cd. Warning... it will be lost on someone who is looking for an album full of big hooks and snappy radio hits. Technology like the web and XM radio leads true music lovers into material like this which was never mainstreamed yet deserves to be heard and enjoyed. I purchased this cd after learning about Paul in Genghis Blues. As child of the 70's and big big Steve Miller fan I was shocked to learn that Paul had written Jet Airliner, one of the biggest radio hits of the 70's. Frankly the two versions are not even comparable. Steve made the song into a monster rock radio hit while the original is a 5 minute plus r&b jam. Every song on this cd is worth enjoying. His lyrics are very personal and autobiographical, his guitar playing is simply outstanding. If you have seen Genghis Blues and combine what you saw of Paul's talent and spirit with what you hear on this cd you cant help but become a fan. Bottom line, this guy should have been a star and deserved a much longer, smoother, happier ride. Rest in Peace, Paul.Free Music Review: Hidden Treasure
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard Paul in the Genghis Blues documentary, and was interested enough to buy New Train when I found out it had finally been released. I had hoped there would be some of Paul's award winning throat-singing on it. There isn't, but I am not disappointed with what is on this cd. Pena's rootsy, soulful twists on the musical and emotional currents of the early seventies gives this album the feel of Golden Oldies I somehow never heard before. I have to admire Steve Miller for picking up Jet Airliner and turning it into a hit, but Pena's original version is utterly heartfelt and personal, having none of the glib "rockstar angst" Miller's version seems infused with. Nothing against Stevey, but I like Paul's original song better. And I've never heard a song that invokes Hendrix, without using Jimi's actual riffs, as well as Cosmic Mirror.
Nice as it would have been for Paul Pena to have received the greater fame he deserved, I have no doubt that he spent his life doing what he loved, and not many of us can say that. Bless you, Paul, wherever you are.