Don Agrati - Homegrown LP 1973

Elektra EKS 75057

US vuosi 1973

levy Ex-

kannet Ex- alkuperäisessä muovissa, corner cut

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youtubesta vaikka biisi ja video "Sunny Day"

mukava jazz groove paikoin

netistä: Released in 1973, the aptly titled "Homegrown" came close to being a true one man show.  Apparently recorded at home using 'Keith Olsen's homemade 8 track' Agrati wrote all eleven tracks, produced, mixed, sang and handled most of the instrumentation.  Propelled by his likeable voice which occasionally reminded me a bit of Paul McCartney, or Emitt Rhodes (who's always reminded me of McCartney), the album was exceptionally varied, effortlessly bouncing from genre to genre.  Not meant as a criticism, but it almost sounded like Agrati was trying to test himself to see if he could deal with different genres and styles.  The album kicked off with a killer cut in the jazzy 'Bloodstream' (complete with some tasty scat singing and a horn solo that would have made Miles Davis proud).  Elsewhere Agrati took stabs at McCartney-syled vaudeville revival ('One Man Woman'), '60s pop-psych ('Heather Ann'), sensitive singer/songwriter ('Story'), and hard rock (the Steve Winwood and Traffic-styled 'Hollywood Song').  Tracks like 'Love, Come My Way' and 'Sunny Day' were actually quite commercial, though nowhere near as interesting.  His musical forays even include a brief chamber music interlude (the curiously titled 'Rocky Mountain Bear Hunt').