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- Release Date: September 9, 2008
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Curb Records (USA)
- UPC: 715187910928
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112373561
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #50064 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #15825 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #10084 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Father Time *" by Hal Ketchum to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Father Time *"Browse more products related to "Hal Ketchum"ReviewDirty Linen (p.62) - "FATHER TIME showcases one of Music City's best songsmiths....The album speaks with words that make you think..." Title NoteIt has been five years since country songwriter Hal Ketchum released a new album in the United States. 2007 saw the issue of the excellent One More Midnight in the United Kingdom; there were plans for release in the U.S. in April of 2007 (three months later than in the United Kingdom) but they were scuttled in favor of Curb's typically erratic marketing strategies -- they shuffled out a makeshift best-of instead. Seek out the import: it's worth it. Ketchum left the American scene in fine form with 2003's The King of Love, and he returns even better here. There are 14 tracks that run the gamut from his trademark soulful and insightful ballads to some scorching acoustic bluesy funk tunes like "Millionaire's Wife," (a rocking murder ballad with killer backing vocals by Angela Primm and Gale Mays that make it reminiscent of Delaney & Bonnie). There's a great cover of Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl" included as well. Ketchum's version of the tune turns it inside out and makes it a country honky tonk ballad with pedal steel whining throughout that lends itself to being played in the local barroom. And Ketchum can sing about New Jersey all he wants -- he's a native New Yorker and his wife Gina is from New Jersey. The tango-tinged "Million Dollar Baby" showcases congas, a Hammond B-3, and a dobro, and Ketchum slides into the deep mambo rhythm like he was made for it. (Ironically, he was thinking of Django Reinhardt when he was writing it, but it's got far more tango than gypsy jazz in it). "Continental Farewell" is an ironic tune that begins as a country waltz all sweet and romantic … la Marty Robbins, but transforms itself into a fingerpopping -- and hilarious -- Western swing number. The bluesy elegy that is "The Day He Called Your Name" walks along the country-gospel track before erupting into an intense memoriam drenched in steel and fiddle with its army of strummed acoustic guitars moving it through its changes. "Down Along the Guadalupe" is a ranchera-flavored number that feels like it comes form Ketchum's past as a folksy singer/songwriter -- and it appears to be true since he began it long ago and finally finished it in time for this set. The title of this album reflects Ketchum's entire life as a songwriter, and all the changes he's been through, good and bad, though the songs are all top-notch. It's a warm, welcoming set that won't reach the top of the charts, and is far from the slick rockist contemporary Nash Vegas country, but so what? This is an adult album of very classy tunes recorded in an organic way; it's polished but it's inviting instead of insistent. These songs get your attention subtly and deliberately; they invite you into Ketchum's world to share in their stories while reflecting on your own. Excellent. ~ Thom Jurek If You Enjoy "Father Time * (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Father Time * (CD)" by Hal Ketchum (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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