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...To This Day
Robert Burke Warren
Jackpot Music, 2000
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 03/06/2000
Robert Burke Warren must be thinking that I hated his work. You
see, a few months ago, he asked if I'd be willing to give his debut
CD,
...to this day, a review here on "The Daily Vault".
Unfortunately, time and the crush of daily mail kept pushing his
disc back on the list - and every time I did listen to it, I kept
thinking that I was missing something crucial.
So now, three months after he sent it, he must be thinking that
I didn't want to put him through a bad review. Well, Robert - and I
know you're reading, 'cause you keep asking me what I thought of
the disc - that ain't gonna happen. There are some weaknesses on
...to this day, but overall Warren creates a musical tone
that is both different and pleasant to the senses.
Part folkie, part Tom Petty and part Lou Reed, Warren dares to
break through both stylistic limits of folk rock and Southern life
through his music, taking on the ghosts of his ancestors as well as
of those he's loved and let go throughout his life. It's sometimes
a difficult listen - I've listened to the disc about 10 times, and
there are still portions I get bogged down in - but if you're
willing to put in the time and energy, it's a rewarding listen.
When Warren takes on the Lou Reed persona, as he does on
"Milledgeville," things don't always work to his advantage, and he
comes off sounding more smug than I think he intended the character
to be. Fortunately for Warren, he doesn't go into this vein of
songwriting and performance often, and the slip is easily
forgiven.
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