Ron Ringwood - Earth Tones

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2001
Time:62:24 
Size:143,3 MB 
Label:Organic Music 
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Funky Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Born Under a Bad Sign - 3:01
 2. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - 5:43
 3. Next Time You See Me - 3:42
 4. Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay - 7:40
 5. Send Me Someone to Love - 4:55
 6. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - 4:21
 7. Rainy Night in Georgia - 6:25
 8. Turner Brown Blues - 4:01
 9. Going Down Slow - 6:24
10. Lush Life - 4:15
11. Way Back Home - 4:49
12. The Thrill Is Gone - 7:03

Earthy blues singer with excellent band. Good modern and funky blues.Listening to Michael Whittaker’s debut Earth Tones is a lot like glancing at postcards from a short but eventful trip around the globe, with each tune offering a different cultural vibe based on brief visits to Scotland, France, Asia, and Africa. The young but well traveled keyboardist/composer keeps the travelogue light and frisky, as if to say, my last stop was great, had fun, wish you were here, gotta go — which is to say he only scratches the surface of world music but still engages us nonetheless. There are a few attempts at deeper explorations, most notably “Quench the Thirsting,” whose Swahili chants encourage a singalong but speak of the tragic drought in Malawi, Africa. Combining Yanni’s flair for symphony light with Jon Anderson’s ethereal Irish flavors, Whittaker remembers a trip to the green fields of “Highland Air.” Draws from other diverse influences throughout, including 70s wah-wah guitar driven soul (“Coffee of The Day”) and Pat Metheny (“Write on Track”), Whittaker enjoys taking us on an upbeat search for his musical identity.

Earth Tones