Good afternoon, everyone!
Welcome to a brand new year in KellysCountry. I do apologize for dragging my feet but I just couldn't seem to get into a groove. As this 'job' doesn't pay me actual cash, I hadn't put posting here at the top of my To Do list. I'll come back tomorrow to give you an update on this channel. In the mean time, let's plop one on the turnable!
One of the reasons I work with Adam Dawson at Broken Jukebox Media is the guy knows what to put in each of his reviewers/ radio stations hands. He knows what each of us likes and from which of us he can count on different perspectives. Today is case in point.
The first time I heard the title track, THE WAY THE RIVER GOES, I heard familiar strains... that calm ballad voice that when I hear it I instantly think of my friend Chuck Hawthorne. Like Chuck, Dan Weber's voice carries that home grown tone filled with life experiences.
Without making the songs about his personal trials and tribulations, he draws on the nuances of those experiences everyone can relate to. Like a river, the tracks are filled with all the twists, turns and currents he has traveled. Haven't we all traveled that river and come out with stories to tell?
The Way the River Goes began way back in 2017... a journey all its own from the Pacific Northwest, to New Mexico and finally to Texas, thanks to life hurdles and a pandemic.
Ever Since Columbine is like a myriad of logs floating past; things that while may not touch us directly, still calls on us to navigate the reason beind debris littering our world.
The current picks up a bit with Watcha Gonna Do About That as well as You Make Me Wanna Dance.... quick little numbers for a spin around the dancefloor.
Here's a sample track from THE WAY THE RIVER GOES
Easy floating ballads blended with snappier tunes meld the Folk style Dan is known for with the best in Americana Texas has to offer make THE WAY THE RIVER GOES is an outstanding compliation. Will all of those life hurdles and moves, I think this album, like everything else in life, is right on time.
You'll find Dan Weber by clicking on the following links:
