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Santa Ana Winds
Steve Goodman
Price $ 11.98
Reviewer: Charles Black from Columbia, SC:
Another reviewer hit the nail on the head with his comment about the Steve Goodman
Anthology: "listen, and you will have discovered an unmet friend..." I came to this album by
way of Jimmy Buffett's Radio Margaritaville, which played "Santa Ana Winds" one night while
I was tuned in. That song hooked me in, and I really bought this album just for that one tune. I
knew about Steve Goodman from a lot of other artists who have recorded his stuff, most
notably, Jimmy Buffett and David Allan Coe.
JUST BUY THIS ALBUM.
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Say It In Private
Steve Goodman
Price $ 12.33
Reviewer: milesandtrane from Chicago:
It may be possible that Steve Goodman is one of the most overlooked folk
singer-songwriters of the 70's. Like Leon Redbone, his folk sound is flavored with bits of
bluegrass, country and blues, which may have turned off some purists during his recording
years. This album finds Goodman almost literally in the middle of his career, and his
songwriting and performing is mature yet far from past-his-prime.
The ten songs on this
album are composed mostly by Goodman with a few educated covers. "Two Lovers" is a
Smoky Robinson song that Goodman easily translates into his soulfull own. The country &
western source of Hank Williams' "Weary Blues From Waitin'" is removed completely as
Goodman makes it his own introspective blues. There's the bluegrass "Is It True What They
Say About Dixie?", the happy, saxophone-heavy "You're The Girl I Love", and the hilarious
"Video Tape", which imagines humans to have the capability to fast forward and remind to
the best parts of our lives.
"Daley's Gone" is a simply arranged, honest and surprisingly
affectionate lament to the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, the former "Boss" of Chicago. The
album closes with probably one of the greatest epic folk anthems (if there is such a thing) that
you've ever heard, "The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over"...
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Somebody Else's Troubles
Steve Goodman
Price $ 11.98
Reviewer: David from Houston, TX USA:
This is the first Steve Goodman disc I bought. The quality of the recording on this album is
excellent. You get a good idea on how Steve reacts to live audiences with the two live
teasers I'm My Own Grandpa and The Auctioneer. The studio tracks are excellent as well.
Steve's version of Mike Smith's The Dutchman is very touching and heart-felt. Six Hours
Ahead of the Sun and Somebody Else's Troubles are more upbeat and can't help but bring a
smile to your face when you pay attention to the lyrics.
The beauty of this album is that it is deceptively attractive. By that, I mean you will instantly
enjoy the songs that I mentioned in the paragraph above. However, after hearing the
remaining tracks a few times, you begin to realize and appreciate the other tracks as well.
This is definitely true for Song for David and The Loving Of The Game.
This disc gives you just a glimpse of Steve's true talents. The album includes songs that are
upbeat, sad, and fun. Steve was great at capturing all emotions. Would I buy this album, now
that I've already heard it? ABSOLUTELY!
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Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman
Price $ 11.98
Reviewer: Joe Brodnicki, Gainesville, GA USA:
I first went looking for the LP after I saw Arlo Guthrie perform the "sit down" version (as he
called it) of City of New orleans. He recommended the author's recording as the "Stand up"
version. This LP was my introduction to Steve Goodman.
The music covers two standards
written by Goodman, an up-beat version "City of New Orleans" and a re-written, "perfected",
satrical version of David Allen Coe's country hit "You never Even Call Me by My Name."
The music ranges from warm and touching (Would You Like to learn to Dance, Yellow Coat,
Would You Like to Learn to Dance, Jazzman) to witty (Eight-Ball Blues, The I Don't Know
Where I'm Goin', But I'm Goin' Nowhere In A Hurry Blues, Election year rag, Turnpike Tom).
Not every song is a Goodman original, but the arrangements show a broad range of
Goodman's musical and interpretive ability.
After over 20 years, the music wears as comfortably as as old coat but still seems fresh and
vibrant. The CD captures the energy of the original LP.
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The Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
Steve Goodman
Price $ 11.98
Eleven songs from 1988 that belong in any real Steve Goodman collection. Amazon has all 12 samples on this link.
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The Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Steve Goodman
Price $ 11.98
Reviewer: mcallicrat@aol.com from Washington usa:Steve Goodman is one of many underated artists. His entire collection should be available
on cd (and it's getting better). These collections are great! I think, by far, that "High and Outside" was his best
recording. Lets get this on CD!
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Unfinished Business
Steve Goodman
Price $ 11.98
Steve Goodman's strengths were'nt always apparent with his studio LPs, less was normally
more. Usually Steve, his guitar, and Jethro Burns on mandolin were more than enough for a
wonderful outing. Ironically, this may be his best "studio" effort; a fine, often intriguing
grab-bag of unreleased studio efforts, and live odds and ends. All are quite
good-to-wonderful; "Fool Such As I" is lovely, and the live "Dutchman" is definitive. Which
brings up another question: Where's the rest of the tapes these pieces are all coming from?
C'mon guys, release 'em already! There's certainly a market for them.
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Words We Can Dance To
Steve Goodman
Price $ 12.33
Today Steve Gooman's best remembered as the composer of the country-folk standard "City of New
Orleans." When he died in 1984 following a 15-year bout with leukemia, however, the
Chicago-based singer/songwriter was among the most beloved of the '70s school of folkies.
Words We Can Dance To is the second title in Red Pajamas Records' five-CD Steve Goodman
reissue program. Originally put out by Asylum in 1976, it finds the elfin Goodman switching
hats from song to song. "Roving Cowboy" is MOR folk-rock, "Unemployed" is a
good-natured faux blues, "Between the Lines" is given a western-swing treatment, and "Old
Fashioned" is lush and lovable pop. The album is marred by a few ill-advised rockers
("Tossin' and Turning," "Can't Go Back"). Still, Steve Goodman had charm coming out of his ears,
and it imbues this affectionate collection. --Steven Stolder
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