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Turn and Fade

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Dave really returns to broken hearted form on 'Turn And Fade'. Not that he was ever out of it I just think this one is even better than 'Just Fall To Pieces'. He continues to carry the Cosmic California Country flag in all its dusty, ragged glory. 'Fade to Blue' is playing as I write and its sad and long enough to nurse two beers.

I've been a big Dave Gleason fan since discovering his first album in a Berkeley record store years ago. I fell in love with his music: The clever songwriting of tunes like "Serge Gains," the California soul anthems like "Midnight California," the near-pop genius of tunes like "Inspiration," the high lonesome of songs like "Listen to the Wind," and the deep country of songs like "Just Fall to Pieces" and "Train of Blue." So when I heard Turn and Fade, I wasn't sure about what seemed like a new direction. Lots of references to warm red wine, a nine minute song ("Pale Blue"). But this is a record that gets in your head and sticks with you, and now it is the Dave disc I spin most often. The sorrowful Central Valley sound of "The Rails Don't Run Here," the beautiful ache of "Turn and Fade," and the epic swirl of the aforementioned "Pale Blue." This is a beautiful and amazing record. If you're taking a long road trip, say from Bakersfield to Nashville, or if you just wish you were, put this one on repeat. Actually put all of Dave's records in a playlist and spin that over and over. He is an amazing songwriter and guitarist (this dude knows his way around a Telecaster), a worthy successor to the likes of Gram Parsons (without, apparently, the hellbent self-destruction), and deserves to be heard... a lot. Miss the Wasted Days and the Ivy Room, though. But time marches on, and Dave Gleason provides the soundtrack...