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Light Out For The Territory

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"Light Out" is a great CD that needs to be listened to several times to fully appreciate. The album is rich with deep lyrics and pleasant, easy going melodies. It is different, a fluid and expressive work of art. Results are definitely surprising and loose-limbed. "Reconsider Baby" showcases the musician at home on acoustic guitar, while "Rest Your Head Upon My Shoulder" is fresh and alive with Street West merging country picking with electric blues. But it's as a writer that he really impresses. Overall, thanks to Nathaniel's terrific blues-inflected soloing, "Light" is a triumph of understatement that will move any listener.

As far as I'm concerned this is the best record I've heard released in 2003. As a long-time blues fan I'm not easily impressed by new artists, however the amount of talent this young bluesman displays in just 17 songs is astonishing. Whatever "it" is, he's got it - in spades. It is so rare to find an artist who truly has it all: great voice, suberb guitar playing, gifted songwriting & arranging, and good looks. With his brilliant blue eyes, strawberry blonde curly hair, and classically handsome face this kid is a star waiting to happen - and not a POP star, but a genuine, authentic, American blues phenomenon. The real thing, in other words. With the five downloads he has available in the Free Downloads section here at Amazon, all songs from the album, it is easy to take a listen and get a taste of the kind of variety you will find from the entire album. Trust me. I own this album and I can't stop listening to it and none of my friends. family, or coworkers can stop listening to it.