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Artist | Rayland Baxter
Title | Imaginary Man
Genre | Folk/Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 41:04
Label | ATO Records Store | 2015
Catalog | ATO0279 Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 246 kbps Size | 76.59 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Mr. Rodriguez 3:43
02. Oh My Captain 3:35
03. Mother Mother 2:36
04. Yellow Eyes 3:50
05. Rugged Lovers 2:51
06. Young Man 3:40
07. All In My Head 3:21
08. Freakin Me Out 5:33
09. Memories Of Old Hickory 4:15
10. Your Love 3:47
11. Lady Of The Desert 3:53
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Singer and songwriter Rayland Baxter is an artist whose music is at once
mystic and down to earth, focused on the ebb and flow of human relations
while wrapped in simple but evocative melodies and sung in a voice that
reflects the mysteries of life that are the stuff of his songs. Rayland
Baxter was born in Bon Aqua, Tennessee (not far from Nashville) on
September 26, 1983. Rayland grew up in a house full of music; his father is
Bucky Baxter (aka William Baxter), a noted pedal steel guitarist who has
worked with Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, R.E.M., and Ryan Adams.
Some roots rock performers go far out of their way to convince you of their
down-home bona fides, but Rayland Baxter's music sounds as easily and
unaffectedly Southern as a glass of sweet iced tea enjoyed on the back
porch on a warm and slightly humid day. There's not a lot of twang in
Baxter's music (or his voice), but his melodies and arrangements are
evocative in the manner of a good novel, painting a vivid portrait of time
and place, and there's a laid-back but emotionally powerful vibe to his
lyrics and vocals that's smart but unpretentious, and generates a sense of
drama that feels low key on the surface, but inside is as potent as vintage
Tennessee Williams.
Rayland Baxter's second album, 2015's "Imaginary Man", shows he's not
afraid of being a grand-scale romantic, portraying himself as a regretful
heartbreaker on "Yellow Eyes," painting regret in several different colors
in "Mother Mother," and opening up his heart on "Rugged Lovers" and "All in
My Head." Baxter's songs are supported by concise but colorful arrangements
(with thoughtful string charts and occasional pedal steel work from
Rayland's father, Bucky Baxter) that make clever use of echo and reverb to
give the performances a rich, powerful sound that makes their case without
weighing down the music.
And if Baxter isn't quite the virtuoso as he is a singer, he knows
instinctively how to tell his stories and make his characters seem real and
compelling. "Imaginary Man" presents Baxter and his material in a manner
that's vividly passionate and a little swampy while avoiding cliches as he
offers these sketches on life and love in the American South; it's a big
step forward for Baxter, and will hopefully help him gain the audience he
deserves.
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