Jerling, Michael: Music Here Tonight
Jerling, Michael: Music Here Tonight
Format: CD
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Artist: Jerling, Michael
Label: CD Baby
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 700261282961
Genre: Folk
Saratoga Springs singer-songwriter Michael Jerling has been making records for nearly 30 years, which means that those early albums were honest-to-goodness vinyl records. It also means that he's been making music for long enough that it's time for him to take a look back and survey his repertoire. So, yes, you could call this album a career retrospective, except that Jerling certainly isn't ready to sit back and rest on his laurels. Rather than taking the easy way out and slapping together old tracks for a greatest-hits or best-of compilation, Jerling decided to revisit some of his favorite tunes and record them anew in one of his favorite settings - that cozy little second-floor coffeehouse on Phila Street, Caffe Lena. The recording took place in a single evening's performance just three months ago on June 30, and Jerling brought along a couple of ace musicians and longtime friends - bassist Tony Markellis and keyboardist-accordionist Teresina Huxtable (who also happens to be his wife) - to back him up. And Jerling didn't skimp on the music. For the album, which clocks in at more than 70 minutes, he culled 18 of his finest original tunes full of poignant poetry, wry humor and some rock 'n' roll heart. Many of the tunes were selected by fans on his email list. The touching, small-town tribute to aging dreamers, "Bush League Hero," is the oldest tune on the disc, dating back to 1975. It doesn't sound one bit dated. The album also features one brand new song - the earnest but genuinely moving ode to Saratoga's legendary coffeehouse. "I should probably be wearing my Greek fisherman's hat for this one," Jerling explains to the amused crowd by way of an introduction. "This is way folkie, way folkie. I've never written anything like this before. It's a hootenanny." And it's perfect. Greg Haymes, Nippertown.com.
Tracks:
1.1 Blue Heartland
1.2 North Country Jukebox
1.3 Wide Awake in Parsippany
1.4 Old Henry's House
1.5 These Old Photographs
1.6 In the Middle Ages
1.7 Old Stones
1.8 Wollensak Tape Recorder
1.9 Pinto Pony
1.10 Jimmy ; Jerry Lee
1.11 Dawn Patrol
1.12 Fishtrap Lake
1.13 Why They Run the Race
1.14 How Can People Live Like That
1.15 The Weather Channel
1.16 Doubter's Prayer
1.17 My Evil Twin
1.18 Intro: Music Here Tonight
1.19 Music Here Tonight
1.20 Bush League Hero
