album:In Place genre:progressive folk streams:18 creation date:2015-01-27
02/10/15 11:44:01AM @daryl-shawn:
I appreciate the thoughts on this, thank you. It definitely is a change of pace in the middle of the tune! Hmm, mandolin, interesting ...
01/31/15 10:04:33AM @the-bard-brothers:
Had to try this one after hearing The We That We Were. Another great track. Your love for the instrument is apparent. Chord break at 1:00 is tasty and got my head bobbing even more. Break at 1:50 caught me by surprise, and I am not sure how I feel about it, except to say that it seems to call for a mandolin accompaniment. That is the only part of the that doesn't quite stand on its own. The break at 3:00 I think validates my commentary, as it is compelling alone. Again, I do love how this was recorded.
Daryl Shawn blends the guitar chops of flamenco and classical with a modern songwriter’s sensibility and the energy of rock. He writes songs both with and...
Daryl Shawn blends the guitar chops of flamenco and classical with a modern songwriter’s sensibility and the energy of rock. He writes songs both with and without words, and is as comfortable onstage at a punk club as in a recital hall.
Shawn grew up among Amish farms in rural Pennsylvania, studied classical and flamenco guitar in between jazz classes at Berklee College of Music, hitchhiked to San Francisco and formed Maxwell Horse, a trio which was soon opening shows for the likes of Brendan Benson and Rocket from the Crypt. After four releases and a number of successful tours, he split up the band and left the United States for the remote Mexican city of Oaxaca, where he spent five years writing solo instrumental and vocal songs and building his own approach to the acoustic guitar outside the influences of any scene. After leaving Mexico, he spent several years with no fixed address before moving to Brooklyn, NY, and finally Pittsburgh, PA.
Shawn is frequently on the road and has developed a taste for endurance challenges, from undertaking solo tours of up to 45 dates by train and bus to doing a full set in each of New York’s five boroughs in one marathon day of performance.
Currently, Shawn is celebrating the release of his latest album, “In Place”, while continuing to book and play live shows all across North America.
I appreciate the thoughts on this, thank you. It definitely is a change of pace in the middle of the tune! Hmm, mandolin, interesting
Had to try this one after hearing The We That We Were. Another great track. Your love for the instrument is apparent. Chord break at 1:00 is tasty and got my head bobbing even more. Break at 1:50 caught me by surprise, and I am not sure how I feel about it, except to say that it seems to call for a mandolin accompaniment. That is the only part of the that doesn't quite stand on its own. The break at 3:00 I think validates my commentary, as it is compelling alone. Again, I do love how this was recorded.