Bill Nelson wrote:
here's a chance for you to hear some of the very best music I've made.
It truly is some of the best music you’ve made.
Sometimes I forget how unique this one is.
The drumming ... those breaks, the flute ... !
... and the horn hits, the oblong chords, the chord clusters, the walking bass ...
... and I love the crooning ....
Having it in Bandcamp format has reinvigorated the listening experience.
Right now it’s
Steam Radio Blues that is really knocking me over this time .
The chorus is a cool detour more than it is an anthemic projection ... or declarative pronouncement.
Chorus-as-slight-detour-rather-than-loud-declaration =
‘The past beats inside me like a second heart’ reminds me of
The Love That Whirls (Diary of a Thinking Heart)There’s some harmonica worthy of Stevie Wonder ...
Top-flight delivery on the track that was blowing my mind earlier today which was
Always You. Really swinging band in that one.
The smiling percussion unit is really moving the track along ... really grooving ... smooth grooves .
I can imagine a 45 :
A side:
It’s Always YouB side:
Steam Radio Blues