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07-18-07
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Eric Bruton's 3rd CD was recorded at Cre8Tive
Coast Studio in Kure Beach by Derwin Hinson
Coast Studio in Kure Beach by Derwin Hinson
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Review by Arthur Shuey - http://arthurshuey.150m.com/nov06revs.html
Unconditional
Eric Bruton
Pelican Records PR030045
http://pelican.capefearnet.net/Catalogue.html
I wonder if these guys know how important they are to us. True, earthy, roots folk music has to be here with us, no
matter what touches our favorite, surface nerves and aesthetics. This is what taught us to hum. This is what we
walk and work to. This is the first song you ever wrote and I ever wrote, and we've all written songs at one time,
whether we knew or even recognized the act at the time. Let's try an analogy -- Hey, all you New Yorkers
gnoshing on miniature beefshroom kabobs at that post-cubist art gallery opening, spare a thought and lift your
plastic stemware once to the cattleman in Kansas and the butcher in Chicago, will you? They're there. They're
part of your event. It couldn't happen and you couldn't be there without them having rolled up their sleeves and
done what they do. Not to criticize or judge your fruits, but the best, healing contact with the real world you live in
requires that you deal with the roots instead of the fruits once in awhile. This artist, on this as on past releases
and in frequent Eastern North Carolina performance, is the roots.
The titles give a good feel for the release: "Unconditional," "Fernandina Nights," "Precious Rose," "Winter
Magnolias," "Love Like This," "Hasbeen Romance," "Love Again With You," "For the Smiles," "All Over Again," "So
Long Blues," Wilmington to Fort Worth," "Anniversary Song," "Siren's Song" and "Don't Turn Away." They sound,
from title to fade, like they began with a stubby pencil on the first available scrap of paper, which is how a natural
poet, existing in the real world, has to do it. The inspiration comes before the gathering of songwriting tools.
This is healing music. Eric Bruton heals. He does so through the magic of accessibility. What he heals is the
listener's perspective. Blue becomes blue again; the fruits connect again to the roots, and the nourishment comes
from the ground and makes everything sweeter.
It is humbling to attempt to describe something so direct and simple, for the reviewer's tools are nowhere near as
good as Mr. Bruton's.
He's easy to find online. Have a look and a listen. It'll do you a real world of good.
Unconditional
Eric Bruton
Pelican Records PR030045
http://pelican.capefearnet.net/Catalogue.html
I wonder if these guys know how important they are to us. True, earthy, roots folk music has to be here with us, no
matter what touches our favorite, surface nerves and aesthetics. This is what taught us to hum. This is what we
walk and work to. This is the first song you ever wrote and I ever wrote, and we've all written songs at one time,
whether we knew or even recognized the act at the time. Let's try an analogy -- Hey, all you New Yorkers
gnoshing on miniature beefshroom kabobs at that post-cubist art gallery opening, spare a thought and lift your
plastic stemware once to the cattleman in Kansas and the butcher in Chicago, will you? They're there. They're
part of your event. It couldn't happen and you couldn't be there without them having rolled up their sleeves and
done what they do. Not to criticize or judge your fruits, but the best, healing contact with the real world you live in
requires that you deal with the roots instead of the fruits once in awhile. This artist, on this as on past releases
and in frequent Eastern North Carolina performance, is the roots.
The titles give a good feel for the release: "Unconditional," "Fernandina Nights," "Precious Rose," "Winter
Magnolias," "Love Like This," "Hasbeen Romance," "Love Again With You," "For the Smiles," "All Over Again," "So
Long Blues," Wilmington to Fort Worth," "Anniversary Song," "Siren's Song" and "Don't Turn Away." They sound,
from title to fade, like they began with a stubby pencil on the first available scrap of paper, which is how a natural
poet, existing in the real world, has to do it. The inspiration comes before the gathering of songwriting tools.
This is healing music. Eric Bruton heals. He does so through the magic of accessibility. What he heals is the
listener's perspective. Blue becomes blue again; the fruits connect again to the roots, and the nourishment comes
from the ground and makes everything sweeter.
It is humbling to attempt to describe something so direct and simple, for the reviewer's tools are nowhere near as
good as Mr. Bruton's.
He's easy to find online. Have a look and a listen. It'll do you a real world of good.
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