Howard Emerson, A Tale To Tell - 42m 13s

Tracks & Durations

1. Roll Call	0:17
2. Flirty Skirt	3:22
3. Phelps Flats	3:26
4. The Bells of Tina's Kitchen	5:01
5. The Queen's Bog Roll	0:27
6. A Tale To Tell	5:00
7. Liar's Lullaby	0:39
8. At Every Twist and Turn	3:46
9. That San Francisco Freak	0:29
10. Maybellene	3:36
11. El Majestic	0:37
12. The Piping Plover Waltz	4:21
13. .......and why not?	2:43
14. When The Wistle Blows	3:13
15. Nokie's Blue Bottle	5:08

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Review

My second CD is very much a quantum leap from my first one, "Crossing Crystal Lake". "A Tale to Tell" represents all the musical influences that have affected me since childhood, and like a 'reduction' in cooking, the flavors are condensed, robust and, I think, very satisfying. Unlike 'CCL', which was totally instrumental, this one contains instrumentals, 4 vocals tracks and lots of bottleneck in solo and overdub form. There's even drums and upright bass on a couple. The compositions (all original except for a cover of 'Maybellene') are as diverse in their rhythmic and tonal structures, as they are in their musical style derivation. There are a couple of waltzes, some 'straight 4' blues, heavy 2 & 4 rhythm pieces, etc.Whether or not there are drums on a track, there is never a doubt as to 'where and what' the groove is. My lifelong fixation with drums and bass helps with that. I've also sprinkled in some 'orphan licks', as I call them. I knew, many years ago, that some of these tunes would never get any longer, but they have always felt 'right', so I used them as 'bumpers' to lead away or lead into another longer track. I think they add a lot to the flow of the cd. I almost always end up recording songs on the instruments on which they were written. The use of 6 very different kinds of guitars on this recording only adds to the diverse palette of aural textures contained herein.

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