Allen Singer
Down The Road
© 2005 Allen Singer (634479122194)
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Allen Singer flat and finger picks guitar. He sings traditional American folk music--country blues, topical, and early country music.
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Allen Singer plays guitar and sings folk, blues, country, traditional music, old time tunes, topical, and bluegrass music. He grew up listening to the music of The Carter Family, Jimmy Rodgers, The Almanac Singers, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, Leadbelly, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dave Von Ronk, The New Lost City Ramblers, The Greenbriar Boys, Doc Watson, and Bob Dylan. At night he listened to WWVA, a country music station from Wheeling, West Virginia, where he got a chance to hear Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubbs, Hank Snow, Ralph Stanley, Flatt and Scruggs, Johnny Cash and Mother Maybelle Carter.
He played his first guitar chords during the 1960s folk revival in New York City. He flat and finger picks acoustic guitar and plays harmonica.
The new CD"Down the Road," takes you on a journey through American 20th century folk music, country blues, traditional and early country music. Starting with Woody Guthrie and ending with Bob Dylan. Along the way you'll hear the music of Jimmy Rodgers,The Delmore Brothers, Sam NcGee, (Gov)Jimmy Davis, Johnny Cash and Harlan Howard. Listen to some of the songs that set off the 1960's folk revival.
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With Down the Road, Singer lights the spark ...........
author: KATE KOWSHSAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR APRIL 1,2006 Allen Singer “Down the Road” by Kate Kowsh With his latest album, Down the Road, Allen Singer finally, and single-handedly, disproves the old belief that those who can't do teach. As a skilled musician and torch carrier of folk heritage, Singer masters both. A San Diego local, Singer, in addition to keeping the spirit of music alive through his recordings, also serves on the board of the San Diego Folk Heritage, a concert-producing organization. If that weren't enough, he also leads the San Diego Folk Song Society, created in 1957 by local treasure Sam Hinton, a great American folksinger, folklorist, and diatonic harmonica player. A collection of cover songs and original material, Down the Road includes classics by legends Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan. Tucked in between are three of Singer's original songs. Perhaps one of the best ways to describe the validity of this body of work is to say that it'd be difficult for the untrained ear to differentiate which tracks are Singer's originals and which are covers of world renowned classics. According to his bio, Singer plays guitar and sings folk, blues, country, traditional music, old time tunes, topical, and bluegrass music, and has a knack for picking the best songs to accentuate his strong, dusty voice. In the same way Tom Waits spits out his vocals and lobs them at you like emotion-filled bombs, Singer, too, has harnessed the ability to let his deep, at times raspy, weathered voice land firmly in the hearts of his listeners through their ears. Devoid of self-conscious hesitation on Singer's cover of Alton and Rabon Delmore's "Deep River Blues," he lets all his vocal imperfections hang out. Like a good faux finish, it adds authenticity and impressive detail to the composition. A cover of Harlan Howard's "Busted" incorporates a little twang with the songs' old time, grassroots foundation. "Stealing," a Singer original, is one of those authentic, "o', my darlin''' kind of tunes that you'd swear you've heard somewhere before. Its tempo reminds me of a galloping horse, setting a real western, chewin' tobaccy mood for its listeners. A description of the album on Singer's website says "[it] takes you on a journey through American 20th century folk music, country blues, traditional, and early country musicÉ Listen to the songs and the music that set off the 1960s' folk revival." With Down the Road, Singer lights the spark for the modern revival.
Loved it!!!
author: T. Van StelleReally makes me happy to hear this CD! Loved the folksy guitar pickin'!!