Available Light

Willy Porter - Available Light

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Artist: Willy Porter
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Music Label: Weasel Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Available Light
  2. Loose Gravel
  3. Still Doing Time
  4. Set Yourself Free
  5. Sleepy Little
  6. Reveal
  7. Me & My Old Man
  8. Hariball
  9. One More September
  10. Where Are My Keys?

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Free Music Review: Willy is a true virtuoso
Hit: 5 Stars

Willy Porter, and I've followed him since he first performed "Seagull", is a Wisconsin treasure and one of the most gifted guitarists that I've ever seen live or heard on recorded medium. When people ask me what does he sound like, I always describe him as "not as boring as Hootie and the Blandfish, but not as intricate as Dave Matthews". Just excellent songwriting. Period.

The title track, "Available Light", takes you to a place like a nice morning with the rising sun takes you. You can almost see the imagery in your mind as the opening lyric about the flower "making the most of the available light". Dave Adler adds a funky groove and I do wish that Willy didn't have such tight control over his players and let them out of their shell a little, but hey, it's HIS album, not theirs. On the other hand, I wish he'd be a little more self-indulgent in concert to show off his guitar chops.

"Loose Gravel" - what a ride! "I got a dollar from my Dad..." and I'm going to the Tasty Freeze to get some ice cream... But the loose gravel on the road... watch out. Some songs are like a joke - funny the first time, but not again and again. With Willy's songs, his stories are moving but repetition doesn't kill them or make them unenjoyable.

There are three instrumentals on this song, a slight departure from Willy's past. "Sleepy Little" is a great duet between guitar and piano, "Hairball" is more of a traditional, picking style while "Have you Seen My Key's" took me totally by surprise, but in a good way.

Two other standout tunes are "Me and My Old Man" a somewhat autobiographical tribute to Willy's Father who recently passed away from cancer and "One More September", seemingly the same subject matter, but if you listen closely, you can take away your own meaning.

If he's ever in your town, go see him. Until then, buy his albums, sit back and enjoy. He's the classic example of an artist that is out there, getting lost in a sea of mediocrity.

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With an accomplished touring history working with artists as diverse as Paul Simon, Jethro Tull, Sting, Jeff Beck and Tori Amos, Willy Porter's latest CD finds him at home in his own musical world. Equal parts muscle, intimacy and atmosphere, it's the guitarist/ singer/ songwriter's most fully realized effort to date. Recorded with a crisp four-piece backing band, and mixed by Grammy winning Producer/Engineer Neil Dorfsman (Dire Straits, Sting...) Available Light is Porter's sixth album, and first on his own imprint Weasel Records.

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