Songman

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Adam Plack (Nomad), together with Aboriginal songmen Bobby Bunnungurr, David Gulpilil, and Jimmy Jidamin, created Songman in the Aborignal territory known as Ramingining. A cohesive blend of ancient traditionals, landscape-influenced sound, and contemporary groove, Songman is a strange and enchanting mix of chant, phat funky club beats, didjeridoo, horns, and Hank Marr-styled jazziness, along with Nomad's Phil Collins-eque vocals. This heady song cycle incorporates vibes, whirring organ, drum loops, and electric guitar as well, resulting in a very ambitious rave up. Overwhelming in some instances, Songman is intoxicating, lively, and endlessly unfolding. Of particular beauty is the traditional chant: potent, raw, and intriguing when mixed in with dense grooves. An appealing if not altogether even recording. --Paige La Grone

Songman,Nomad,Australian Music,Australia,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

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Average customer rating: Excellent new (1999) recordings of career favorites RIP OFF A life worth living Tried and True Music Vintage JJW [without the alcohol (supply your own)]

Gypsy Songman Jerry Jeff Walker Manufacturer: Tried & True ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Driftin' Way of Life Night After Night Viva Terlingua Ultimate Collection Mr. Bojangles ASIN: B00002Z83N Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. Gypsy Songman
2. Morning Song To Sally
3. Mr. Bojangles
4. I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)
5. Viva Luckenbach
6. Woman In Texas
7. I Promise To Love You
8. She Knows Her Daddy Sings
9. Little Man
10. The Road You Choose
11. May Music Be Your Wings
12. My Old Man
13. Little Bird
14. Stoney
15. That Old Beat-Up Guitar
16. David And Me
17. Railroad Lady
18. Driftin' Way Of Life

Customer Reviews:

Excellent new (1999) recordings of career favorites.......2002-04-22

The reviewer who ripped this CD is wrong on virtualy every count. First, the point of the recording was a CD of Jerry Jeff's favorite songs from his career to accompany the release of his autobiography. The songs chosen were all done live in the studio, and the playing and recording quality is excellent --clean and crisp, with the cohesiveness found on live (studio) recordings of a band that had been together for as long as these guys had.

Of particular appeal is what, to me, is the definitive version of Mr. Bojangles -- done in a bouncy, jazzy, scatty arrangement that is perfect for the story told in the song, that of a tap dancing cell mate encountered in a New Orleans drunk tank.

Top-notch versions of other career highlights, mostly from the more acoustic side of Jerry Jeff, include: Morning Song To Sally; Woman In Texas; She Knows Her Daddy Sings; and Little Man. This is a 60 year old man who has lived a fast and hard life (and survived it!) who is now clean, sober, and seemingly happy. Contrary to the accusation of the other reviewer that he's ripping off his fans by cramming the same songs down their throats again, what he's really doing is celebrating -- in and with song -- that survival, and recalling and paying tribute to the people and places his life has brought to him.

Songwise, it ranges from very good to excellent; performance-wise, it's terrific -- very down-home and comfortable; recording quality-wise, it's as good a sounding album as you could ask for -- clean and crisp (especially appealing due to the fact that it is dominanted by acoustic guitars).

RIP OFF.......2001-06-07

This CD should never have been released. The only thing of interest on it is Django's song "The Road You Choose" the rest is mostly recycled songs from earlier CD's that are much worse than previously released versions. Whats the matter Ronald??? you dont have enough money already that you have to rip off your loyal fans with this junk?

A life worth living.......2000-01-27

I've been listening to Jerry Jeff Walker for almost 10 years. It's a small amount of time compared to how long he's been playing. I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Many (in these reviews) say that this isn't a great piece of literature, but I couldn't help but recall, almost through every chapter - THE FOOLS PROGRESS by EDWARD ABBEY. If you read this book or the other, you may vicariously feel what it is truly like to live that american reality that so many have no words, thoughts or even expressions to explain. It's not a vision from Oliver Stone or MTV or on the evening news with Dan Rather, it's the man in this book, Jerry Jeff. !Viva Terlingua!

Tried and True Music.......1999-12-30

I cut my teeth on Jerry Jeff's music, and loved the way his songs could get me all pumped up and ready to romp. Then, about 15 years ago, I went to see him at a little place named Fitzgerald's in Houston. I was all excited and fired up, and seeing a lone stool and microphone on stage, knew that we were in for a boring warm-up act.

A few minutes later, Jerry Jeff stepped up on the stage, sat on the stool, hooked his right heel on a rung of the stool, and asked "how y'all doin'?" I was mad because he didn't even have a band! Then he started playing and singing. It took two songs to come down and start listening. Then I just sat there mesmerized, still except for my breathing, for over three hours as I learned what music was really about. I learned that music was about communicating, educating, and sharing life's experiences.

This CD took me right back to that night. With so many "polished acts" out there today, Jerry Jeff uses this CD to remind each of us what life is about... living, learning, and sharing what we know with others.

If you want a "catchy chorus" with no meaning that sticks in your head and nothing else, move on. If you want music that is real, honest, and sincere enough to stir your appetite for life... this one is a "MUST HAVE"!

Vintage JJW [without the alcohol (supply your own)].......1999-12-30

Having listened to Jerry Jeff through the years in various conditions, (both he and I,) I must say the new one sounds particularly good. Crisp, clean pickin', and the old magic is still in evidence. It'll all mean more to you if you read the book "The Gypsy Songman" first. Congrats, Scamp. Another one over the heart of the plate at 95+.

Average customer rating: wow From spiritual to commercial missed the AUSSIE flavor A Matter of Taste COMING FULL CIRCLE

Songman Nomad Manufacturer: Australian Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nomad Winds of Warning: Digeridoo/World Music ASIN: B00001O32A Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

1. With You
2. Rainbow
3. Kava
4. Croc Country
5. I Wonder
6. Lyre Byrd
7. Wave
8. Garpi
9. Warp
10. Old Man
11. Goodbye
12. 40 In The Shade

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Adam Plack (Nomad), together with Aboriginal songmen Bobby Bunnungurr, David Gulpilil, and Jimmy Jidamin, created Songman in the Aborignal territory known as Ramingining. A cohesive blend of ancient traditionals, landscape-influenced sound, and contemporary groove, Songman is a strange and enchanting mix of chant, phat funky club beats, didjeridoo, horns, and Hank Marr-styled jazziness, along with Nomad's Phil Collins-eque vocals. This heady song cycle incorporates vibes, whirring organ, drum loops, and electric guitar as well, resulting in a very ambitious rave up. Overwhelming in some instances, Songman is intoxicating, lively, and endlessly unfolding. Of particular beauty is the traditional chant: potent, raw, and intriguing when mixed in with dense grooves. An appealing if not altogether even recording. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

wow.......2007-03-23

I discovered this album when I was with my friends.
Then I found it on Internet.
I read reviews here and I listened the tracks.
thanks to Amazon they provided this opportunity.
I trust myself and my ears. It was what I was looking for.

Dear Nomad, you are wonderful !
Thank you !
Love,
Leo

From spiritual to commercial.......2004-04-12

What a deception
Nomad first album (called Nomad)is a musical feast, a masterpiece that i have recommended to many friends. It brought together musics from 3 different cultural back ground namely australian, african, and american indian.
Now here we have a disco/dance/world/newage piece of crap.
Where has the spirit gone?? ....fishing!!

missed the AUSSIE flavor.......2001-03-24

I guess I was a bit put off by the white-man-in-dreadlocks flavor here. I tasted pretension. Just a bit too much funk for me. The didgeridoo is a back up instrument played again by the white-guy-in-dreads. Nature sounds here and there...loons and owls and some bush birds. Are there loons in Australia? Occasional cuts with Mr. Nomad singing totally average pop stuff. Perfectly pleasant music at times, but nothing that grabbed me. But perhaps I was influenced by Didjworks - Collective Unconscious purchased at the same time. Now that was real world music!

A Matter of Taste.......2000-04-05

This album is definitely an auditory feast, but one that requires a certain taste. I bought this after having heard and purchasing "Winds of Warning" and the self-titled "Nomad" and loving them both. I wish I had listened to "Songman" before purchasing it, though. While the album is well-produced and of very high quality, and the chanting adds an interesting element, the musical evolution away from traditional didj, drums and nature sounds rather put me off. Perhaps a bit too much "funk" and "groove." So, if you're in the market for more of the traditional style, you'll probably not like this as well as Plack's other works. Definitely give the sample tracks a listen.

COMING FULL CIRCLE.......1999-12-04

review from Magical Blend magazine (US) "NOMAD (aka Adam Plack) lived, wrote and recorded this phenomenal work under the skies of the Ramingining community in Arnhem Land. It's all about sultry grooves, entrancing Tribal beats and snake-charming didgeridoo laced with exotic chants of Aboriginal Dreamtime. This is one of the most interesting pieces of musical artist I've ventured through recently. This story is enchanting...the music comes from the Ramingining and was composed by merging ancient beats with the sounds of the Australian landscape. It is full of modern pathos and ancient chant. Listening reminds me that life is a cycle and we come "full circle" in the end." MARA BENSON, MAGICAL BLEND

Average customer rating: Fantastic A Remarkably Affecting Album

Retreat - Recovery Songs For Adult Children Of Alcoholics, emotional incest survivors, sexual abuse and domestic violence awareness Joe E. Daddario Manufacturer: Songman.com ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005QSQW Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Retreat
2. Little Miss Perfect
3. Sad Inside
4. The Ways Of Love
5. I Can't Tell Anymore
6. How Do I Pray About It?
7. One Misguided Soldier
8. A Day Without Addiction

Album Description

A music CD collection of 8 moving soft rock recovery songs which help Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoAs) relate to, and identify, their feelings. Your heart and soul will be moved by the music on this CD. Other recovery programs that have found this music helpful: Survivors of emotional incest; sexual abuse; domestic violence awareness.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2003-10-07

I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered this CD but I love it. The lyrics hit home and he sings it beautifully.

A Remarkably Affecting Album.......2003-06-01

"RETREAT by Joey is a remarkably affecting album...that can free you from any remaining denial or repression and send you further along your recovery path."

Audrey DeLamarte, Sober Times Magazine
San Diego, CA

Average customer rating: If ya REALLY like JJW, you'll love this one! bojangles is an imposter songwriting as clear and straightforward as Texas rain Classic stuff from the true "Gypsy Songman." Classic stuff from the true "Gypsy Songman."

Gypsy Songman Jerry Jeff Walker Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live from Gruene Hall Viva Terlingua ASIN: B0000009U7 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Gypsy Songman
2. Pass It On
3. Got Lucky Last Night
4. Railroad Lady
5. Jaded Lover
6. Long Afternoons
7. Night Riders Lament
8. Cadillac Cowboy
9. Charlie Dunn
10. Driftin' Way Of Life
11. David And Me
12. Mr. Bojangles
13. Layin' My Life On The Line
14. Hands On The Wheel
15. Borderline
16. My Old Man
17. Then Came The Children
18. Django's Lullaby
19. She Knows her Daddy Sings (For Little Jessie)
20. Hill Country Rain

Customer Reviews:

If ya REALLY like JJW, you'll love this one!.......2002-03-15

I looked at a couple of the other reviews for this "album", and want to rebut what others may be saying. Gypsy Songman is truly and album of JJW's life. Granted, the version of Mr. Bojangles is not folksy like the original, but ya gotta get past that! The other tracks are AWESOME, and if you listen to the words, you can learn about him. I recently read his book and now declare Gypsy Songman in my top three JJW favorites!

bojangles is an imposter.......2001-10-23

This album cannot possibly be as godawful as the samples...supplied. Jerry Jeff never sang as badly as the Bojangles cut even when he was falling down drunk.
I'm going to keep browsing. Somewhere there must be a re-release of the old "Bojangles" LP, the one with Bromberg's picture on the back.

songwriting as clear and straightforward as Texas rain.......1999-09-23

Jerry Jeff can reach right out and grab you with a simple tune that comes straight from the heart with naked honesty - She Knows Her Daddy Sings is worth the price of the album and more!

Classic stuff from the true "Gypsy Songman.".......1999-07-20

A true collectors edition of great music from the travelling minstrel Jerry Jeff. This cd is full of old classics like "Mr. Bojangles" and "David & Me" to newer great autobiographical tunes like "Layin My Life On the Line." Jerry Jeff always writes and sings from the heart and this collection is no different. Especially noticeable are the songs written for his children Jessie & Django, "She Knows Her Daddy Sings" and "Django's Lullaby." Keep on keepin' on JJW.

Classic stuff from the true "Gypsy Songman.".......1999-07-20

A true collectors edition of great music from the travelling minstrel Jerry Jeff. This cd is full of old classics like "Mr. Bojangles" and "David & Me" to newer great autobiographical tunes like "Layin My Life On the Line." Jerry Jeff always writes and sings from the heart and this collection is no different. Especially noticeable are the songs written for his children Jessie & Django, "She Knows Her Daddy Sings" and "Django's Lullaby." Keep on keepin' on JJW.

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Recovery Oriented Christian Music - Songs for Christians With Addictions. Recovery music for Adult Children Of Alcoholics, emotional incest survivors, sexual abuse, and domestic violence awareness. Joe E. Daddario Manufacturer: Songman.com ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00015NN6C Release Date: 2003-12-08

Tracks:

1. Would You Stand Up For Jesus?
2. The Calling
3. Lotta Love In The World
4. Righteous Man
5. So Far
6. How Do I Pray About It?
7. Our Day Will Come
8. The Problem Is Me
9. One Misguided Soldier
10. A Day Without Addiction

Album Description

This is a music CD collection of 10 heartfelt and passionate Christian recovery songs. These are well-constructed songs, both instrumentally and lyrically. These songs have helped addicts (and others in recovery) relate to, and identify, their feelings. Your heart and soul will be moved by the music on this CD. Other recovery programs that have found this music helpful: Survivors of emotional incest; sexual abuse; domestic violence awareness, overeaters groups.

Average customer rating: not good!

Joey & The Singing Zoo Revue - Singing pets, singing animals. Songs for animal lovers. Children's Music, comedy songs for kids and adults. First Edition. Joey & The Singing Zoo Revue Manufacturer: Songman.com ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000EI2MP Release Date: 2003-11-01

Tracks:

1. What A Zoo
2. Litter Box Rock
3. Happy Tails (to you)
4. Charlie Town
5. Rocky The Great
6. Little Furballs
7. Pet Talk
8. AhBahDahBahDoBahDa
9. America The Beautiful
10. Hide N Seek
11. Its Story Time
12. Silent Night (bonus track)

Album Description

This is a music CD collection of 11 hilarious songs (+ a Christmas bonus track) for kids and adults. A variety of song styles from soft ballads to up-tempo dance pop tunes. All very funny and will definitely strike your funny bone. Real pet voices are used. You'll be singing along instantly. These are well-constructed songs, both instrumentally and lyrically. Some tracks are skits where the animals and humans interact with each other - similar to the Firesign Theatre Troupe albums of the 1970s. This album is practically in a class by itself. Parents will love to get together with their children and listen to this CD. The whole family will howl with laughter and enjoy this silly production of clean family-friendly comedy music.

Customer Reviews:

not good!.......2007-03-17

Only one good song - the cats meowing to silent night!! the rest is very amatuerish (spelled right??). the singing is terrible, and the music is not much better.

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Songman Robert Matter Manufacturer: Cimirron/Rainbird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF7FG Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

1. Songman
2. Mr Tambourine Man
3. Mr Bojangles
4. Letter
5. Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again
6. All Along the Watchtower
7. Circle
8. Up on Cripple Creek
9. Please Come to Boston
10. Boxer
11. Songman (Reprise)

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Songman Mike Sinatra Manufacturer: Monohonic Music SS1989 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000LTHVYI

Product Description

Song Tracks: Songman / Cryin' Skies / Heart Attack Blues / Lonesome Cowboy / The Wizard's Nowhere in Sight / Another Memory Gone By / Along the Midway / Where Love Goes / In Trust of Your Memory / Coming Home to Stay / Treat Me Right / New Jersey is My Home / Tomorrow is a Long Time / Lollipop Rag

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Mr Songman Don Hooper Manufacturer: Independent Records Unplugged Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006866BI Release Date: 2004-10-15

Tracks:

1. Mr Songman
2. Don't Think Twice
3. Movin' To The Cheap Side
4. Fine Day Risin'
5. Newport Harbor Blues
6. Won't You Come Down Baby
7. Haven't Got a Clue
8. Lay It Down
9. When the Wild Wind is Blowin'
10. Long Time All Night Blues
11. Mr Bojangles
12. Warm Rain

Album Description

On this debut CD Don writes 10 originals plus 2 covers that are in the old folk blues style (30s to 60s), but with current themes. He is a master wordsmith, with melodic hooks that will stay with you for weeks on end. He complains that politicians have raised the taxes and therefore his rent, forcing him to move in "Movin to the Cheap Side." He describes a rough bar scene that really happened recently in Mississippi, with "Mr Songman." He completely makes over "Michigan Water Blues" into "Newport Harbor Blues," with new words and melody. His cover of Dylan's "Don't Think Twice" truly brings out the depth of this song. His acoustic guitar, steel slide, and rack harmonica playing are first rate. The final song "Warm Rain" could be a classic crossing over country, folk and pop genres.

Average customer rating: Joey is an artist in touch with a truth seldom grasped This Cd is very moving and inspirational. Music for the lost child in all of us Songman and Code-man Great Song It realy makes you "Feel", Thanks Joe E.

Living In The Restless Age (Enhanced CD) Joe E. Daddario Manufacturer: Songman.com ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000G585 Release Date: 1998-09-23

Tracks:

1. Retreat
2. Restless Age
3. Back to Baltimore
4. Broken Doll
5. Little Miss Perfect
6. Forbidden Feelings
7. Our Day Will Come
8. I Wait in the Wind
9. My Heart Is 6 Years Old
10. When Things S/B Forgotten
11. One Misguided Soldier
12. Day Without Addiction

Album Description

- PRESS RELEASE - Independent Artist Releases Music Video on Domestic Violence Awareness inside New Enhanced CD Newport Beach, Calif. (Sept. 23, 1998)

Tired of the same mindless music videos touting scantly clad models and endless hedonistic camera angles of bands playing their latest songs? Here's a refreshing twist. How about being drawn into a music video because the story is familiar and the music hauntingly engaging? That's what artist joe e. daddario is expecting from his audience with the release of Retreat - The Music Video.

Customer Reviews:

Joey is an artist in touch with a truth seldom grasped.......1999-04-19

i really appreciate joey's raw and vulnerable lyrics. i am especially wowed by his songs "our day will come" and "my heart is 6 years old", very very uplifting. i also am enamored with his beautiful voice. i look forward to his future albums.

-lisa

This Cd is very moving and inspirational........1999-04-06

This cd will touch and inspire you. The artist is talented. I appreciate the lyrics, vocals, and the production that goes into creating a well produced music cd.

Music for the lost child in all of us.......1999-04-06

I bought Joey's CD, "Living in the Restless Age" several months ago because of his fine reputation as a computer programmer, and because I had heard that he had open code on the CD ROM showing how he created it. I was really interesting in looking at his style and seeing his methods.

When I received the CD, I was very taken by the music and the videos themselves.

They show in a very realistic way the way childhood is in our culture. There is no idealizing of childish innocence, or pretence of generosity in the parents, but a very honest look at the true way parents and children relate, and how they have to protect themselves from each other.

There is also a sense of hope, that families, through the power of God, can be healed and can learn to care for each other.

The high quality of the recording and the simplicity and tunefulness of the music makes it very easy to listen to. I enjoy this CD very much, and play it whenever I can.

I think people of my generation, who grew up in the late sixties and seventies, will enjoy this CD ROM and find that it brings back a lot of memories.

Songman and Code-man.......1999-04-05

Moreover the great music I listened in this CD, The interactivity and how Joe shows the pictures and the videos are perfect. Good job Joe!

Great Song It realy makes you "Feel", Thanks Joe E........1999-04-05

They should play it all , all day and night all night, Music from the heart , Nicely Done.......

Thanks again Joe E.

Brad Martin Graphic Design BMGD

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