Customer Reviews

Pages Of Life

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I loved the Desert Rose Band.....The first album hardly left my cassette player after I bought it ( at least for a while ). Then I remember a concert at Denver Zoo with DRB promoting this album "pages of life". Live they were great, Jorgensen is incredible as Sir Elton John will testify, while Chris and Herb have two of the sweetest voices God ever created. The songs deal with Thirty-something issues but in a PG rated way. It is definitely thinking mans country rock for those who have grown-up with Springfield, Byrds, Flying Burritos and others these guys have grown up too!

I was completely satisied with this tranaction. The product I recieved was as advertised. I arrived in a timely manner.

This CD was bought as a Christmas gift this year..but I love their music. So I can say that it was enjoyed to the fullest, by the gift recepient. They haven't had any complaints so far..lol.

Actually,I'm new to the Desert Rose period of Chris Hillman's musical pilgrimage,so my three stars are a tentative evaluation.I've been filling in my post-Byrds album/cassette/CD collection from various "Byrd-parts",and in the process have become a Chris Hillman fan,in his multiple incarnations.In the context of his diverse resume(Byrds,Burrito Brothers,solo,with Souther,Furay),his Desert Rose period seems to be a maturing of his journeyman experience with these other seminal bands.Well produced,nice sounding.More pop than the Burrito Brothers,less than the Byrds.A little more edge than the top forty(20?) country pop that has become ubiquitous on the airwaves of which this band was a precursor.Early cuts that have captured my attention:"Start All Over Again","Darkness on the Playground"(a song with some social comment),and "God's Plan"(perhaps the spiritual center that mellows this band out).Easy to listen to,worth picking up either in a cut-out bin(my purchase),or at a reasonable price.Mellow Cosmic American Music.