Seasons of Change
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Free Music Review: "A courageous work by a top-notch Musician"
Hit: 4 Stars
Richie Furay, who originally released this LP (now out on CD, of course)for the Christian label Myrrh Records in 1982, showed incredible fortitude and faith in his beliefs by writing and singing out his heart on this very enjoyable work. I have listened to it over and over for nearly 24 years, and heard several of the tunes live at a Calvary Chapel concert in Las Vegas shortly after the LP's release. Maybe that is why I've always loved the album, because at the Sin City venue, Richie took the time to perform both Christian and secular music, and gave very keen insights as o how each song on his new LP was created. From "Promise of Love" to "Yellow Moon Rising" to "For the Prize" to the autobiographical title track, Richie Furay shines, making great Christian music with a solid country rock n' roll flavor. His backing musicians were among the best in the Christian genre, and if you had no liner notes/lyrics to follow along to, several of the songs would have stood alone as just great music. Period.
Richie Furay had the guts to write and record the music of his heart at a time when it was a very risky move to do so. He has never regretted leaving Asylum Records and moving into the music of his beliefs, and has demonstrated a unique ability to combine that music with the secular music he still performs so well. Over the years, Furay has occasionally performed and recorded with former bandmates from Buffalo Springfield, Poco and the SHF Band over the years, and in June, 2006 released his first totally secular work in over 25 years, "Heartbeat of Love", which features 12 tracks (10 new), and including updated versions of "Kind Womnan" (1968) and "Let's Dance Tonight" (1973)with backing vocals and instrumentation from such talents as Neil Young, Kenny Loggins, Timothy B. Schmitt, Mark Volman, Paul Cotton, Sam Bush, Jeff Hanna, Rusty Young, and Stephen Stills, just to name a few. This new CD is superb; its roots, however, lie in the courage to make music his own way, and "Seasons of Change" was a genuine attempt by Furay to say, "Music is my life, and I intend to play it for a long, long time on MY terms".
This album is certainly worth 4 stars, and is an easy listen.
Free Music Review: Hall of Fame Rocker becomes Preacher
Hit: 5 Stars
The great tenor voice still pours out the melodic songs that made him so loved in Buffalo Springfield and Poco, but now Richie Furay sings for the LORD. Richie was one of the three or four seminal figures in melding Rock and Country music and you find flashes of that here along with some early-eighties production sound. After a trio of solo albums for Electra that hinted at his conversion to Christianity, Richie finally cuts this straight Christian album. It is still feel-good and joyous music that will be enjoyed by all - but especially Richie fans and devoted Christians.