Recording Artist
author: Dennis Logan
Bill has a way with words, melody and musicianship. The songwriting is steller! He vocals are real and moving, this is the best CD I've heard in years. The song, Crown Of Thorns, is a sure hit if I've ever heard one. Why Bill isn't signed to a mojor label just shows you how bad the record industry is. It's no wonder they're not selling CD's anymore, when they don't have this kind of talent on their label. Stationary Poets is a must have for every real music lover. The stories, the melodies are the backbone of this masterpiece. The musicianship is fantastic to say the least. Do yourself a favor and by this CD. You won't regret a single minute of this wonderful album.
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I love this CD!
author: T. Vandever
Let's just say that as I hit the road on a long trip I popped in my new Stationary Poets CD, and three hours later, it was still playing! I couldn't bring myself to change the disc! Yes, the touchstones are Dylan, Petty, the Wallflowers, maybe even a touch of Matchbox 20, but when you roll it all together you get one unique sound that is very, very special. Oh, and for me, as an old rock 'n' roller, I wouldn't say it's Dylan-esque...it's what I wish Dylan were today.
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Wonderful Album
author: Amilcar Henrique
This band is excelent and it is almost a criminal mistake that none the biggest Cds stores have it in stock. I live in Brasil, and I knew this band from the Pandora station. When I went to USA I tried to find this album in Tower, Virgin, etc, but I did not find anywhere. So i wrote to CD BABY, ordered the cd and in just a one week I had my CD delivered in my home in Brasil. Thank you very much!!
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" . . . the stuff rock legends are made of . . ."
author: Amz/music
If the name of this Virginia roots-rock band
is unfamiliar to you, it won’t be for long.
The Stationary Poets have the stuff that rock
legends are made of, and that is in no way an
over-exaggeration. Vocalist Bill Gaunce and
guitarist Robin Miller make an impressive bid
for being two of the most economical songwriters
I’ve ever heard and, in my view that alone makes
them masters at crafting the perfect 3-minute tune.
Every note, every lyric and every beat is essential
and concisely rendered. Absolutely nothing is
wasted and not one ounce of creative talent is
spared on this inspiring 11-track debut.
As Gaunce’s moving harmonica leads the way in the
opener, “Greeting Card”, The Stationary Poets get
off to a melodically good start. With moody,
contemplative songs such as “Waiting on a Train”,
“All The Love” and the aforementioned “Greeting Card”,
it’s very easy (almost too easy) to make the
obvious Dylanesque comparison (Bob or Jakob,
take your pick!). But, it is also an apt one,
and not such bad company to be in, at all.
If you’re from the "Just Like A Woman" school
of the father, or the “6th Avenue Heartache”
school of the son, The Stationary Poets will
have no trouble finding a place in your
music-loving soul.
This is not to say that this band is purely a
revisionistic Dylan construction. Far from it.
Robin Miller’s keyboard work is often transcendental
(“Don’t Know”,“Can’t Believe”), and the forceful
rhythm section, comprised of bassist Charlie Corletto
and drummer Mike Trimble, is rounded out by a
three-barrel guitar assist (Miller, Gaunce and
Billy Kello provide alternating 6-string licks,
with Kello stepping up to showcase his skill on
slide guitar). The Stationary Poets establish their
unique position in the roots-rock hierarchy by
expertly blending southern-styled guitar with
a hint of groove rock and just a taste of swamp
rock to smack their original compositions with
vibrant personality, opening up the genre with
sparks of elucidating nuance.
So, whether coasting down some lonesome highway,
in a ’58 convertible with the top down, listening
to the Chris Isaac-sounding “Blacktop Lane”, or
taking a detour to hear a bar band in some distant,
whiskey-soaked dive as “Shiny Paint” plays on,
or just kicking back under a cool, cloudy sky while
the bluesy, aching refrains of “So Long” rain
over you like a lover’s memory, you can take
supreme pleasure in the irresistible strains of
The Stationary Poets and remember just how comforting
good music can be. -Roxanne Blanford-
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July 25, 2001
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