Chasing Mississippi

Dave Barnes

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000EHQ8HS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #88,846 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
There are certain things in life that we never stop trying to figure out. The big things, the important things: love, pain, spirituality, a bit more love, a bit more pain. You get the idea. They're issues that inspire endless works of philosophy, art and poetry. They're the questions that inevitably lead to more questions. But someone can take these issues and remind us of their most important aspect...what we actually do understand.

Nashville based artist Dave Barnes is one of these people. His songs often manage to so something even more difficult than critical analysis. They celebrate what we can grasp. Like much of the soul and R&B that influenced his southern childhood.

Barnes, a Mississippi native, creates music that connects with the listener both viscerally and emotionally in such a manner that we too immediately understand where he's coming from and where we are.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A southern man full of soul sings to his wife....., July 11, 2006

By	tomcat_nash - See all my reviews

Simply put, this album is great! Dave Barnes is a talented singer/songwriter and this time out he writes of his recently wed wife and their relationship (except for the break up song). Dave sounds very comfortably as he moves through these songs. His sound this time is less based around his acoustic guitar (although it is there) but more the musicians that play with him. Chasing Mississippi comes away with more of this funky blues rock feel to it; however, it still feels like Dave Barnes. This album feels more like a next step him I think. The quality of the production itself is very good. It doesn't feel like an independent record at all. Ed Cash did a good job producing this one for Dave. If you like singer/songwriters, soulful singers, or just good music then check this album out. Then after that check out his other album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cruisin' CD, March 30, 2006

By	J. D. Wilson (Kansas City, MO, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD would be right at home with late 70's-early 80's pop/rock (Kenny Loggins, Eagles)...very well-crafted with excellent musicianship...my favorite tunes are "Everybody Knows But You", "Jackson" (with harmony vocals from Vince Gill), "Sounds Like Me".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't this guy a star?, January 29, 2007

By	Edward Hoge (Midlothian, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Dave Barnes should be famous. In circles, he is...his fans are legion in Nashville, and Vince Gill & Amy Grant lend their talents to this album. Bonnie Raitt approached him in a coffeehouse once to praise his work. Barnes has the songwriting chops and performing ability of someone with twice his years of experience. Chasing Mississippi is an amazingly polished blend of modern pop, late 70s/early 80s blue-eyed soul, and hints of country influence. "Stay Away" and comes off like a Hall & Oates classic, "Jackson" is a slow, sad bluesy-country lament, "All That Noise" and "Greyhound" are hand-clapping gospel-flavored stomps, and the rest of the album is full of great music. Highly recommended, and look for his other releases as well.