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Eclectic Troubadors: Eclectic
by Stephen Latessa
Dave Phelps and the Eclectic Troubadours live up to their name with consistently quirky music that approaches the listener from a variety of different angles, not all of them successful. The most obvious antecedent is the Grateful Dead, particularly the song-oriented era of Workingman's Dead/American Beauty. The album is split down the middle between relatively straightforward pop/rock tunes and more exploratory instrumentals that allow the musicians to stretch out and remove any doubts that they can play.
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by John Eyles
"The Eclectic Troubadours are a band of serious musicians on a quest to challenge themselves musically but to also play songs people like. That quote rather succinctly sums up this album. The four band members are all based in New York City, where they work as freelance musicians. Some lead their own bands; all are very adept instrumentalists, even if they are playing well within their capabilities here.
The best songs here are the instrumentals. The opener, “You'll Never... Hear ...
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