DAVID ELIAS: Time Forgets (Acoustic Folk)

David Elias

Time Forgets (Acoustic Folk)

© 1998 David Elias (714288014320)

CD permanently out of stock. Sorry!

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High image lyrics with great folk style acoustic productions. Often compared to John Prine this has been played on radio station folk shows all over the globe for many years now.

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TIME FORGETS CD IS OUT OF PRINT ~ You can still get the songs as MP3's here or at iTunes or elsewhere.

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  • The Last CD...
    author: eslider

    Sad about plastic cd's isn't it,and Tower Records folding. This is a very beautiful song [title track],performed to perfection. Great lyrics and your vox are some of my favorites. Thanks.

  • Tears...
    author: Frank, F.D.Project

    This is brilliant [title track]...thanks for that David. Tears in my eyes...wonderful...

  • One of the best kept secrets...
    author: Eric Shea

    "Ohio transplant David Elias currently resides in San Francisco. His post-retro Folk is somewhat of an anomaly -- the flower in the sidewalk -- that places freight-hopping hobos in the city's Financial District and hosts ongoing, intimate coffeehouse hootenannies that take up most of Pacific Heights. Elias' warm vocal tones are rich like the notes blown from a broken-in Lee Oscar harmonica. His classic songs are as timeless as his influences. The acoustic guitar resonates a warm, wooden tone that soothingly blends with his naturally textured voice. It's Elias' soaring romantic melodies and heartfelt laments that make him one of the best kept secrets of the Barbary Coast." -- Eric Shea - Listen.com

  • Brilliant Song
    author: Gus Skinas - Sony Music

    I LOVE this song [Freedom on the Freeway]!! As one who frequents the freeway, this song really hits home for me. I can relate. It is BRILLIANT!! It's one of those songs you want to listen to over and over. I'd like to hear more like it. Great work!

  • Exquisitely enchanting -- a beautiful collection of songs!
    author: Riff Gibson, Raging Smolder

    Dylan-esque (Bob, not Jakob) vocals (at times, eerily reminiscent of the late Jim Croce especially on "Changing Circles") with soft gentle acoustic guitar backing. Simultaneously somber and soothing, exquisitely enchanting -- a beautiful collection of songs! Time Forgets is possessed by a melancholia -- almost funereal -- as the passing of friends, relationships, and time weighs on the songwriter.

  • A great collection of original music
    author: James Dostal

    Time Forgets" is truly an amazing collection of original music from David Elias. It is hard for me to convey the true effect this album had on me. Usually too busy to enjoy music, I was overtaken by it's warm sound. I truly became lost in it's lively blend of clean accoustic guitars, sparkling electric leads,and bluesy harmonica solos. David's vocals are soothing yet thought provoking. David's lyrics have that special quality that let's you intertwine your own real life experiences with his music. The alblum made me smile and ponder and imagine and wonder. Each and every song has it's own unique qualities that inspire and delight. I recommend this album to everyone.

  • Feels like a personal, private performance!
    author: Barbara "toez" Hammerman

    David Elias continues to bring the listener to heart as if you asked him to play afew tunes for your personal enjoyment. When I discovered his evocative, live performance a couple years ago while settled in for fireside coffee at San Gregorio Store, I couldn't imagine that the recorded version would live up to that joyfilled spirit. It did, and now, in TIME FORGETS,it does! This CD is a treat to be discovered more than once...Play it and you're sure to keep it handy. It's delicious!

  • The Great Unknown
    author: Tom Mccarter

    David Elias is one of the great unknown folksingers around today. One of the things I love about David is his ability to play intricate guitar lines in back of his music. He writes some terrific tunes, too. Songs that get right to the heart. Elias also chooses little unheard gems by better known musicians, like Townes van Zandt, which I also appreciate. He usually shares the spotlight with another talented musician or two and I understand he's putting together a large group to expand on his music. He does't need them. He knocks me out solo. -Tom McCarter KUSP-FM

  • FAME Review: Lost In The Green by David Elias
    author: Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange Written By Moshe Benarroch

    Lost In The Green is Elias' debut album from 1995. It's the kind of debut album which gets you excited about his next album. Despite the fact that his next album, Time Forgets, has already been released as I am writing this review and more than lives up to this artists' potential, this is still a very good debut cd. While Time Forgets is more electric and better produced than Lost In The Green. The first word that comes to mind in describing Elias' music is Honesty. Elias doesn't pretend to be anything that he isn't. His songs come straight from the heart, and are sung here with minimal instrumentation; mostly guitar, with an occasional fiddle and mandolin. He in the footsteps of Townes Van Zandt, covering two of his songs, Dollar Bill Blues and Nothin. He also reminds one of an early Dylan or John Prine. All the other songs on the album with the exception of these two were written by Elias himself. In "Eternal Youth," Elias sings: "What may well not concern you / it may before too long / the world may overturn you / and kill you when you're strong" I hardly imagine better words to describe how the world is affecting our lives at the end of this century, while we still try to live in our own cocoons. But, there is no way to escape the problems of the world. We have to face them and not ignore them. The music has the vital energy of the sixties; a long lost energy. Vivid songs, songs that make you think put Elias near Richard Dobson, Rex Foster, Guy Clark and all the great troubadours who make our lives easier to bear. If you like your music plain and simple, you can't go wrong by buying Times Forget" or Lost In The Green." So, don't ask ten years from now, when everyone else has discovered Elias, why you didn't read about him before, because here he is: we should all be listening to Elias.

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