Acoustic Cafe

Phil Keaggy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Hill Productions
• ASIN: B000RN37UU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,926 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keaggy at his best, January 9, 2008

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Dynomiter 76 (Suwanee GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Cafe (Audio CD)

I've been listening to Phil Keaggy for over 30 years as a contemporary Christian artist. Being a Beatle fan, I've always seen their influence in Keaggy's music. With his McCartneyesque singing style, he was a natural for this type of CD, covering some of the Beatle classics included here. My favorite track is 'God Only Knows' where he put his own style (not a bad thing) into the Beach Boys classic. As usual, all his guitar playing is top shelf! The non-Keaggy vocals are good, but I would have rather had him singing lead on all the tracks.

This is a good listening album. You won't be disappointed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprised By How Much I Like It, December 3, 2007

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Marc Axelrod (Potter, Wi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Cafe (Audio CD)

This has become one of my favorite cds of the moment. Phil Keaggy and his friends (but most Phil) perform some of his favorite soft pop hits of the modern era unplugged. The vocal harmonies on the Beatles' songs "In My Life" and "Here, There and Everywhere are gorgeous. The first song also has a nifty guitar solo, one of Phil's best on cd.

He has his daughter Alicia Keaggy singing Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," and he also has wonderful versions of "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys and a spot on cover of the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do is Dream."

There are also two Bob Dylan covers "If Not For You" and "To Make You Feel My Love."

If there any complaints from Philphiles, they would probably wish that there were more extended acoustic guitar solos (The one on "In My Life" is just exquisite!) and they might wish that Phil would not have made these songs sound so much like the originals, perhaps show some more creativity with the arrangements.

In reply to complaint number one, I would say purchase the cds "Two of Us" (acoustic music with Mike Pachelli) or "The Song Within" (instrumental acoustic). In reply to complaint number two, the songs are performed so lovingly and carefully that I don't think the creativity issue comes into play.

I think that the CD is great. I play it all the time while reading a book and drinking my java. It is perfect for listening to on an iPod while doing schoolwork or just relaxing. One of my favorite Phil recordings! I'm looking forward to the next installment in this series of coffee house covers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just beautiful! Brings back memories..., April 3, 2008

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Richard A. Mathis (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Cafe (Audio CD)

Phil's put together a collection of a lot of songs that were basically the soundtrack of my ol' school days, so listening to this album is memory time for me! It's great to hear him pay homage to these classic songs. Well done!