Monday, March 19, 2012

Feed the Fire- Timothy B. Schmit

Feed the fire
This TBS solo work really shines in the category of quality music. To put it summarily: FTF is a body of work that showcases his musical genius and unique style. The vocals are, as usual, very strong, melodic, and expressive. The bass lines are innovative and very catchy, and he also plays some very good guitar on several songs. The covers - Make You Feel My Love and You are Everything - are very well done; his versions may well be the paragon for these songs. He has infused these covers with a musical flavor that is 100% his own (read: quality and excellence), thus his takes on these songs totally warrant outstanding remakes of these classic tunes. The acapella song - Top Of The Stairs - is creative and engrossing in its elaborateness. Song For Owen is an extremely expressive and beautiful piece. It really does justice to the idea of a musical expression of a loving parent-child relationship. The Shadow (one of the songs on which TBS plays guitar) has some hauntingly beautiful guitar lines and a powerful, inspirational message. The other songs on this album are, similarly, masterpieces. Each one is so extremely intricate in composition that after months of listening to this album on a regular basis I am still finding new reasons to appreciate it. Positively recommended!!!

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