You'll Never Be A Bird
Dan Montgomery
© Copyright-Dan Montgomery
(884501402118)
Record Label: Fantastic Yes
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Memphis acclaimed Americana artist Dan Montgomery prepares to release his third full length album "You'll Never Be A Bird".
Following up on the acclaimed "Rosetta, please (a love story)"; Bird is Dan's most accomplished, varied and moving effort yet. With contributions from band mates Robert Mache(Continental Drifters, Steve Wynn) on Guitar, Mandolin & vocals, Louis Jay Meyers on Pedal Steel & Banjo, Andrew Simons on Upright Bass & vocals, Jesse Williams on Drums and Candace Mache on Harmony Vocals and other guests, this album offers a wide sonic palette. From the lilting title song, to the heavy sounds of "Wheels of Soul" with stops along the way like the slice of life "We Went To The Worlds Fair" and dreamy "Girl With A Broken Bell", This Bird covers a lot of ground. Songs about workers, strippers, jazz bassists, birds, the ghosts of friends & family long gone and the kind of story songs about users, losers & boozers that we've come to expect from Dan ever since his debut album "Man From Out of State".
Years of gigging, from large concert halls to intimate house concerts, have honed Dan's performance skills to make him a true must see artist. Along the way, he's shared the stage with such performers as; Amos Lee, Lucero, Cory Branan, Jason Isbell, David Wilcox , Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, Jack Ingram, Ben Vaughn, Slobberbone, Steve Forbert, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Colin Gilmore, Rosie Flores, and many more.
Whether hitting the boards with his always evolving band The Dan Montgomery 3+3(sometimes +4) or alone with his battered old Gibson acoustic, Dan brings it every night! No hum & strum singer songwriter, Dan Montgomery brings a rock music sensibility to the Americana genre, along with the ability to shine a strong light into some very dark corners.
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Nice followup Cd with a few killer "radio ready" tracks
author: Steve Ramm
I first heard Dan play at a showcase at the Annual Folk Alliance Conference in 2009 and was hooked on one song from his first CD. When I heard the whole album, I was just as impressed. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of this new album and – though some of the songs are a departure from the music on his first – there is more than enough here to satisfy anyone who has heard the first album or hear him play live.
The first track “Working on A Building” is one of my two favs on this disc. Dan was singing this toe tapper back in 2009 but it wasn’t on the first CD. And, like quite a few of the tracks here, there are some nice instrumental breaks. The songs are all upbeat until we get to the fifth track “Waltz for Charlie” a nice ballad. But then comes “Wheels of Soul” a real rocker, that, at least for me rocks a bit too hard. That track finishes and things slow down again with “Girl with a Broken Bell”. For Track 9 – “The Winter When We Didn’t Speak”, Dan sings this dark song in his lowest bass voice with a jarring backing track.. Its five-minute length doesn’t help the flow of the rest of the CD. But things get a whole lot better with “Dollhouse” and “Goin’ Home”, the latter a tuneful song with some real nice banjo backing by Louis Jay Meyers. The album closes with the title track, another fine song in the same style as the opener.
Maybe its just that I’m a fan of Dan’s upbeat songs and ballads, that make the two above mentioned “hard” songs ones that I’ll probably pass by on future playings, but I’ll leave it to you to listen to a sample and decide for yourself. But this guy can right some great songs and quite a few of them are on this disc.
Steve Ramm
“Anything Phonographic”
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