4.0 out of 5 stars
Impressive and powerful contemporary folk music, January 22, 2007
This review is from: Wherever You Roam (Audio CD)
SONGS - 1. Unborn Future, 2. Early in the Morning, 3. Nowhere to Run, 4. Wasted Heart, 5. Into the Water, 6. Where Does She Begin, 7. As Good As Home, 8. Story of No One, 9. You Get to Me, 10. Wherever You Roam, 11. I Heard Her Say, 12. All I Want, 13. Plant Me in Your Garden, 14. She Was a Friend of Mine
Playing Time - 62:50
Dallas Jones is a Missouri-based guitar-playing singer/songwriter with a knack for impressive and remarkably powerful contemporary folk music. His pleas and messages resonate with conviction, although some of his songs are more provocative and insightful than others. Apparently influenced significantly by the great Bob Dylan, Dallas' singing are complemented with his own guitar, harmonica and some banjo voicings. Folk revivalists will welcome Dallas' music whether its more epic in nature (In the Water, Story of No One, She was a Friend of Mine) or more of a personalized spiritual quest (Wasted Heart, All I Want). With all 14 songs written by Jones, it would've been nice for the CD's jacket to also include lyrics.
Some strong musical cohesion occurs between Dallas and Molly Healey (violin), Brandon Moore (bass, mandolin), and Mark Bilyeu (lead guitar). All three contribute harmony vocals as well. Their unrestrained contributions are fanciful riffs and fills, that lay comfortably into the mix with its singing and rhythms.
A few years back, Jones' debut entitled "The Morelock Sessions," introduced us to his raw talent. Other recent albums from the Spokane, Missouri Songwriter Festivals have featured Dallas and other songcrafters in that area. The MayApple Records label is to be commended for their support of regional musicians like Dallas whose reverence for Missouri is affirmed in his statement that "nothing ever looks as good as home." A number of songs from Dallas Jones' "Wherever You Roam" will undoubtedly end up on a Missouri singer/songwriter "best of" album somewhere down the road. (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR.)
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