Darrell Scott - Invisible Man
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Track List: Invisible Man
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- Hank Williams' Ghost
- There's A Stone Around My Belly
- Shattered Cross
- I'm Nobody
- And The River Is Me
- Let's Call It A Life
- The Dreamer
- Do It Or Die Trying
- The Invisible Man
- Goodle, USA
- Looking Glass
- In My Final Hour
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Album Details: Invisible Man
- Release Date:
- 06/27/2006
- Label:
- Full Light Records
- UPC:
- 829372001121
User Reviews: Invisible Man
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Full-band blend of country, folk, rock, and jazz f
, July 4, 2006
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Mortality hangs heavy in Darrell Scott's mind on The Invisible Man, an album that repeats again and again, "live today 'cause tomorrow never knows." For fans, this serious streak will be familiar from songs like "With a Memory Like Mine" from 2000's Real Time with Tim O'Brien. But even the titles here"Let's Call It a Life," "Do It Or Die Trying," and "In My Final Hour"stress a deepening of Scott's mediation. He surrounds these thoughts with heavy acousticelectric arrangements that still take time out for gentle acoustic songs like the pianobased "Looking Glass." Acoustic guitar and dobro kick off "Hank Williams' Ghost," hammering a riff that closely resembles "Sweet Home Alabama." After 30 seconds, an electric guitar, thumping bass, and steady backbeat join behind Scott's soulful, gritty country vocals. The midtempo pacing makes it a good lead song, though the melody lineand this is true on the remainder of the albumisn't immediately memorable. Lyrically, when not considering mortality, Scott worries over world peace, the hasnots, and other heavy issues, creating topheavy songs like "I'm Nobody" that feel more like sermons. While Scott remains a thoughtful writer, soulful singer, and a fine musician on The Invisible Hand, his work here lacks the richness of earlier, less selfconscious efforts like 1999's Family Tree. - Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide |
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Best known as a songwriter for Garth Brooks and other country artists, and as a sideman for performers like Guy Clark and Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott is an equally accomplished singer and multi-instrumentalist in his own right.
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Pros: Complex blend of styles; high-quality playing.
Cons: Obtuse lyrics; music that out-rocks the songs.
Scott is a busy, busy man: an in-demand Nashville string player, vocalist and songwriter whose own "Live in NC" CD accompanied his father's "This Weary Way" just last year, and whose melodies appear on John Cowan's latest release. Scott's music echoes the broad experience he's gained playing with country traditionalists Suzy Boguss and Randy Travis, outlaws Steve Earle and Jim Lauderdale, and progressive bluegrassers Sam Bush and Tim O'Brien. His latest retains the electric approach of 2003's "Theatre of the Unheard," sometimes rocking harder than his writing actually requires. The jazz underpinnings of his songs, so prevalent on his trio-based live CD, are occasionally lost amid this full-band context and attendant studio touches.
Still, this is an intriguing blend of Scott's soulful vocals with country, folk, rock and Celtic flavors. The introspective "And the River is Me" pares back the electricity and stretches out to over six minutes, and the pairing of "There's a Stone Around My Belly" and "Shattered Cross" is emphatic in its picking and singing. Scott's lyrics interweave many biographical details, but his poetry often provides obtuse imagery rather than story or character study; more Dylan than Simon in many cases. The verbal impressionism is matched by the complexity of the arrangements, which may challenging for listeners who enjoy more straightforward exposition. [ ...