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Dash Crofts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lightyear
• ASIN: B00004Z44U
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,392 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Spirit of Seals & Crofts is Alive and Well, November 14, 2000

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Michael B. Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Today (Audio CD)

Today Dash Crofts (Nuance 54419)

Growing up in the early seventies, music was my life. During my high school years, I was into all matter of various sounds, from Alice Cooper and Kiss, to the heavy metal mayhem of Black Sabbath, the country music of Merle Haggard and Southern Rockers like The Marshall Tucker Band and The Allman Brothers Band. Somewhere within the nuclear core of all this madness lived Top 40 radio. I loved the music coming out of my Panasonic A.M. radio. I had blue one shaped like a ball. It was the coolest. It even came with flower power stickers you could slap all over it.

Dominating the airwaves during those days were artists like Elton John, Teh Eagles, Olivia Newton John and the hit-making duo of Seals and Crofts. Jim and Dash churned out hit singles on every corner, from the infectious "Summer Breeze" and "Hummingbird," to "Diamond Girl" and "We May Never Pass This Way Again." Ah, the summer memories these two guys voices exude.

Dash Crofts is back, and doing it solo, although Jimmy Seals is still very much present as a songwriter. Crofts' soaring tenor voice and distinctive mandolin are the core of the new collection, which was produced by veteran session man and producer Louie Shelton, who also flavors the music with his unmistakable guitar work.

Outstanding tracks include a pair of exquisite instrumentals, "Tree of Life" and "Blue Roses," and the up-tempo "Ridin' Thumb," an excellent tale of a man who hitch hikes across America from Macon, Georgia.

Much of the music here comes off as having a real jazz-fusion, new-age feel, from the opening sax of the very first tune, "Sunrise," which evokes images of Kenny G. There's no doubt that this is more of an easy-listening album than a rocker, but hey, isn't that what we all loved about Seals & Crofts to begin with? Nowhere is the Seals & Crofts smooth-groove more present than on "Cause You Love" and on "Robin," two of several decidedly "laid back" tunes on the album.

I think the best thing about Dash's solo album is that he recalls just enough of the magic and spirit that embodied Seals & Crofts, but with a whole new 21st century approach, filled with jazzy riffs and feather-light moods, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

-Michael B. Smith

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise!, September 2, 2005

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K. Howard "S&C Fan" (Chico, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Today (Audio CD)

Being a big fan of Seals and Crofts, it was a wonderful surprise to come across this CD. I was getting by on the only CD's available: Greatest Hits, Hummingbird, and Diamond Girl. It was great to hear Dash signing again, and in superb voice, too. This CD has some very nicely produced and played songs. A couple are reprises from previous S&C offerings, but they were quite welcome. All in all, this is a very listenable CD with strong songs and good instrumentation, though perhaps a bit too easy- listening-jazzy. Most of all, though, several of the tunes really evoked that unique feeling and sound of the great S&C songs of long ago. I wish it had been more widely promoted. There is also a new CD by Seals and Crofts called, Traces. It was produced in 2004 but is difficult to find. Traces is also beautifully produced, and the boys are in fine voice. They reprise many of their old hits, but update them very tastefully.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars today by dash crofts, March 29, 2003

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Mark Mitchell Enterprises "kramerboy" (gulf breeze, fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Today (Audio CD)

not only will this cd satisfy those who crave more from seals and crofts,it will appeal to those who respect well produced
music with superb harmony and sound.dash crofts does most of the harmonies, so you get alot of his superb voice.i cannot speak higher of any music i've heard in a long time.