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Peter Scherr: Son of August
By Track review of "Willing"Scherr covers Canadian multi-instrumentalist Chris Brown's "Willin,'" featuring his brother playing slide guitar. This treatment recalls recent Stanton Moore performances like "He Stopped Loving Her Today," from Groove Alchemy (Telarc, 2010). Big, loud, chaotic, soulful, it is a sound that is as big as America and twice as proud. Guitarist Scherr speaks the language of the blues if it were translated to the Midwest. Blake's tenor saxophone sounds as dry as Paul Desmond's alto throughout the song. The arrangement is a study in blues dynamics, with diminuendi and crescendi ebbing and flowing throughout the eight- plus minutes piece; a tonal landscape.
Personnel
Michael Blake: saxophones; Mike Sarin: drums; Brad Shepik: guitars; Tony Scherr: guitars; Peter Scherr: bass.
Album information
Title: Son of August | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Self Produced
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