Geeks

Sam Broussard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00004U2EK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #906,681 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. That's Us

2. Servant Of The People

3. Angel Of Mercy

4. I Don't Care Where You Bury Me

5. Do The Numbers

6. Her Comb And Her Perfume

7. If I Ever Get Out Of This Place

8. My Former Shell

9. Your Sleeping Face

10. Look at Me

11. I Tremble

12. The Geek

13. T-Neg

14. Ira Visits His Dad

15. Screws, Pins, amd Bolts

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Wait..., July 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Geeks (Audio CD)

When I first got this CD, my CD player wasn't working, so all I could do was read through the lyrics in the booklet. Broussard is a moving storyteller with an unblinking yet compassionate eye for the details that enliven his characters. The lyrics stand on their own. Then when I was finally able to listen to the CD, I was knocked out by the gorgeous guitar work, strong melodies and relentless rhythmic drive(particularly stunning is "Your Sleeping Face"). This recording is an unusual and very fine piece of work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wizard of words, December 20, 2000

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Linda Neary (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geeks (Audio CD)

I really didn't know what to expect as I had only recently heard of Sam through his affiliation with Steve Riley. I was fortunate enough to catch their recent gigs here in Florida.

I love this CD! It's not what I usually listen to, being a die-hard cajun/zydeco fan, but I could listen to this again and again. The lyrics are incredible. What a talent Mr. Broussard has for capturing emotions and translating them into music. I am thrilled that he will be getting together with my good friend, Chubby Carrier, to write some songs.

I will recommend this CD to all my friends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars who IS this guy???, January 13, 2004

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paintingmn "rock995" (Baton Rouge, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geeks (Audio CD)

From what I hear--from a LOT of people, Sam Broussard has a cult following in SW Louisiana based not only on his dexterity with the slide guitar (on a par with the great Sonny Landreth also from Lafayette, LA) and his tasty guitar licks bred from arcane tunings but also for a wordsmithing talent that is second to none and normally reserved for the "great" songwriters. Broussard is the guitar player in the multi-Grammy-nominated band Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys so "Geeks" would be more of his personal take on the world at large (and what a take it is)!

Broussard somehow takes situations and people from "everyday" life and, by some unique interior alchemy, turns them into something quite extraordinary and unique. Many of his songs revolve around fringe characters and episodic remembrances that defy description but, by the time he's finished with them, they take on a timeless (and unforgettable) quality that underscores the human condition as seen through Broussard-colored glasses.

You've just never HEARD anything like this guy!

Couple Broussard's brilliant songwriting with "I can't believe he just did that" musicianship and exotic guitar tunings and you have "Geeks"--sitting there in the cd bin like a diamond in the barnyard and all one has to do is move a few strands of straw out of the way and...there it is. Pick it up, play it and get ready to listen to a cd that just doesn't get boring--ever. Now THAT'S something different, yes?