From the Artist...
"I'm so grateful to you for continuing to support my music and me.. and very pleased to have this opportunity to share this album with you. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed writing and playing these songs. Hopefully , as you listen to this album, you'll hear a reflection of my life and travels over the last couple of years."
Danny
A brilliant collection of 15 guitar instrumentals featuring 14 originals and one arrangement of "Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing"... For those of you that enjoyed Danny's first outing "Guitar Out Front" we think you will be pleased by his growth as a composer.
"Clearly a master technician".... Nashville City Paper
"Combs captures the essence of the modern fingerstyle song craft" ... Minor 7th.com
REVIEW:
Danny Combs "Chasing Guitar," 2012
Nashville acoustic fingerstylist Combs plays with a passionate clarity that makes the listener sit up and take
notice from the very first note of "Chasing Guitar," his third release. Yet this is a contemplative, at times even
somber, CD. Combs' precision and evocative songwriting is showcased in a range of compositions: "Flying Wing" leans
Celtic, "Dashington" is a bluesy bent-string romp that employs superfast arpeggios, and other pieces, like the
lovely lighthearted "Awaken," employ ringing overtones and pulloffs as sharp as a pin prick. Combs has an
extraordinarily light touch on the strings, as if he were playing silk instead of steel. While he clearly
favors sonority and emotional depth over dazzle, virtuosity is fully evident, as on the moody rumbling "Sponge
Cake." Given the meditative quality of the CD, it is no surprise that several songs have religious inspirations,
such as the gorgeous "The Offering" and a lovely rendition of the hymn, "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing."
While the CD could perhaps have used a jolt or two of the unexpected, "Chasing Guitar" is nevertheless truly
mesmerizing.
©
Cline Keating
Artist: |
Danny Combs |
Product Type: |
AMR CDs |
Item #: |
SACD2102 |
Price: |
$15.00 $12.75 |
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