ARTIST: David Francey
TITLE: The Waking Hour
LABEL: Red House Records
GENRE: Folk
TIME: 38:24 min
SIZE: 56,4 MB
RIP DATE: Mar-08-2005
RELEASE DATE: Feb-08-2005
Track List:
01. The Waking Hour 03:39
02. Highway 95 03:28
03. Ankle Tattoo 03:04
04. Morning Train 02:28
05. Wishing Well 03:12
06. Ashtabula 03:12
07. Tonight In My Dreams 02:09
08. Over You 03:01
09. Fourth Of July 02:27
10. Wanna Be Loved 02:28
11. Badlands 03:25
12. Sunday Morning 03:01
13. Gone 02:50
Release Notes:
David Francey is one of Canada's best-kept secrets,
but he's one who deserves to be globally recognized
on a level similar to Joni Mitchell or Neil Young.
His songs are deceptively simple, tinged by his
accent, a Scots-Canuck mix, the images direct, as on
"Ashtabula," but put together they create a complex,
multidimensional picture -- not unlike a younger
version of Gordon Lightfoot, in his own way.
Accompanied here by friends Kieran Kane, Kevin
Welch, and Fats Kaplin, there's nothing fancy about
this acoustic disc, but it remains affecting.
Francey looks at the world with a poet's eye, as on
the religious parable "Morning Train." This was
recorded in Nashville, and he looks at America with
affection, but also an outsider's skepticism, such
as on "Fourth of July," a meditation on the run up
to the 2003 Iraq War. He can turn bluesy (with a
touch of bluegrass in the harmony vocal) on "Wanna
Be Loved" and keep a driving rhythm on "Sunday
Morning." Every piece here is a loving little gem.
Francey makes them seem effortless, which is the
mark of a true craftsman. Brilliance.