STEVE SADLER
Gibraltar Records
Surf Blue
12-song CD
What do you get when you combine lush and welcoming arrangements with inimitable vocals? Surf Blue. It’s a showcase of Sadler’s talents. Tracks such as the opener, “Late At Night,” “There’s A New Love,” and “In My Corner” fittingly represent the summer season. With its images of the sparkling ocean, sand, and sun galore, the atmospheric “Sunset on the Beach Part 2” is a dazzler. When combined with Sadler’s harmonizing, Dennis Brennan’s guest vocals become both haunting and compelling, with lyrics like: “When you left me it was afternoon/ Late enough to really see the moon/ A summer day like this is magic every time/ the ocean sparkling and sunshine/ I would think this must be the special one/ She’s oh so good and oh so fine/ She’s bound to go and blow my mind.” A beautiful effort without a doubt, Sadler has put forth a cohesive, intricate, and expertly layered piece of music that is positively dreamlike in every sense of the word. (Julia R. DeStefano)
Steve Sadler is a multi-instrumentalist who performs with
a number of Boston area artists as well as some not so local. He's contributed to many recordings and/or gigged with Shawn Mullins, Susan Werner, Mary Gauthier, Dennis Brennan, the Swinging Steaks, William Hut, Barrence Whitfield, The Radio Kings, Dennis Brennan, John Schindler, Meg Hutchinson, Bill McQuaid, the Fools, Asa Brebner, Kevin Connelly, David Crossland, Tracy O'Connell, Tim Gearan, Dave Johnston, Jonathan Pointer, Jenny Reynolds, Carla Ryder, Jack Hardy and many others.
He plays electric and acoustic
guitar, electric 12-string guitar, electric and acoustic bottleneck guitar, Dobro, mandolin, octave mandolin, lap steel, keyboards (including accordian), bass and continues to do battle with the fiddle. ( ... the fiddle has been appearing at gigs recently)
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