Ronnie Earl: Healing Time (Telarc Blues CD 83490).Ronnie Earl
Ronnie Earl (b. 1953) is an American blues guitarist and music teacher. : Healing Time (Telarc Blues CD 83490) Ronnie Earl seems to possess a trait trait (trat) 1. any genetically determined characteristic; also, the condition prevailing in the heterozygous state of a recessive disorder, as the sickle cell trait. 2. a distinctive behavior pattern. rarely to be found among blues guitarists these days-taste. This all-instrumental session does not try to impress with pyrotechnics pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent. ; rather, it impresses with mature musical expression. At first listen, the music can even sound faceless and boring, but the more you listen, the more you will pick up on and be impressed by the quiet intensity that Earl brings to this session. Does anyone remember Pharaoh Sanders's "Thembi?" It was a breath of peaceful fresh air back in the turbulent '70s. Ronnie Earl resurrects it as a guitar tune. Very nice! There are some other real treats here, especially his "Blues for Shawn." By the time the session closes with "Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a well-known Christian hymn. The words were written late in 1772 by Englishman John Newton. They first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns, 1779 that he worked on with William Cowper. ," the listener will indeed feel as though he or she has been touched by a spirit with the power to heal. With clean sound produced by Joe Harley and engineered by Neal Ward, this is a most impressive recording that should find favor with blues and jazz fans alike.-- KWN KWN Kid Witness News (video education program) KWN Keep with Next (desktop publishing) KWN Kiplinger Washington Newsletter |
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