Sky Road Songs

Name: Sky Road Songs
Brand: Elliott Sharp
SKU: YEB77242
Price: 11.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Cat No: YEB77242

Release Date: 24 September 2012

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 767522772425

Description
With Sky Road Songs, Elliott Sharp has placed the emphasis on the songs - concise, focused, emotional and memorable, both drawing on the blues tradition and looking towards a futuristic sound.

Sky Road Songs producer Joe Mardin contributes great ears and a stalwart sense of structure to the project. The powerful vocals of Eric Mingus unveil incredible range and melodic subtlety. Standouts from him include Sharp's "Sky Road Song," a melancholy jet-lag meditation, and "This House Is For Sale," with howling vocals evoking the blues masters over sweet-and-salty guitar obbligato. Recently departed legendary guitarist Hubert Sumlin features on this track, in what was ultimately his final recording session. Tracie Morris simmers and wails on "Endless Path", a concrete evocation of the Sky Road, and on the Southern Gothic/swampedelic "I Blame You." Joe Mardin contributes the sardonic "Banking Blues," a scathing but humorous indictment of current American economics, on which he sings lead.
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