Reviewed by Christine Smith
Darrell Scott: Vocals,
guitar(electric/acoustic), songwriter
Danny Thompson: 'Victoria' (Acoustic Double Bass)
Kenny Malone: Percussion
If you're looking for a CD which will leave you gob-smacked,
then this is the one. You'll 'take it from the top' over and over
again. With musicianship, humour, pathos and a damn fine
attachment to the intimate sounds and thoughts of the human
condition, it will have you grinning at its pure mischief.
Darrell Scott's long haul through Americana in country/jazz and
the traditional/contemporary track list on LIVE IN NC leave no
doubt that you are listening to an event.
Kenny's percussion opens the set, walks hand-in-hand with the
consummate talent of Danny and just as they're established we are
hit by the guitar riffs of Darrell at his best. From the first
vocals you realise you're on a ride to somewhere. Go to any
website and you'll find the superlatives. One suggests
“...Scott is one of those so-talented-
you-want-to-smack-him kind of guys.”
Rodney Crowell says:
“Darrell Scott's music is equal parts talent and
heart, soul and grace, power and poetry, charm and wit, funk and
grit...all in service of the better parts of humanity. Darrell
Scott is scarily good. Listen and learn. I'm a huge
fan.”
rack listing:
Full Light Records 2004
Produced by Darrell Scott
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Sinko at Studio 5, Sound Emporium,
Nashville, TN
Recorded at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, NC 21/11/03 and at Cat's
Cradle in Carrboro, NC 19/11/03
Engineered by Chris Mitchell, Dave Sinko & Miles Wilkinson