Australia's Andrew Winton

[admin]

Here is a great bit of lap steel guitar by Andrew Winton. Very infectious. His rhythms are outstanding.



I like this one even more.



Wait, there is more.

[admin]

If anyone of the Australian RRF members have seen Andrew Winton live I would be most interested in your comments.

[ozover50]

Never even heard of him, Peter!!

I don't get out much..........

[kiramdear]

Wow, I really enjoyed those, and the second song in particular. I had to listen to it three times before I could remember whose work it reminded me of, and then I had it: the jazzy numbers from Sting's first few solo albums give me that same appeal. Andrew's voice is like honey - it carries me away. What a nice discovery!

[admin]

Kira: There are many influences and he has named some on his site. Whether they are named or not there is a Bob Marley vibe and also I hear Steely Dan in the mix.

[kiramdear]

In this post-modern age I find that a careful and skillful mix of past styles can have more appeal than a quest for novelty for its own sake. With such a rich and huge legacy of modern Pop music it is indeed possible to sculpt one's own authentic sound from the myriad influences of so many great artists from yesterday. Andrew is truly standing on the shoulders of giants and showing us his vision from a new and higher perspective.

[kiramdear]

Funny, I can't access his website. I'm forbidden by the server.

[winston]

Peter,

This is truly a great artist that you have discovered. He hearkens back to the early 1900's when some of the great bluesmen took to the stage with nothing more than an old instrument and a memory rich with songs. Individually at first and then collectively they quitely began a revolution in sound and feel. I hear a little of all of the ghosts of the elder statemen of the craft in his delivery. This man has soul.