a r t i s t : Jim Page
t i t l e : Seattle Songs
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Whid-Isle Music
g e n r e : Acoustic
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2006
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 75,7 MB
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Jim arrived in Seattle from California via New York City in
1971, way back when nobody knew where it was and Seattle was
the best kept secret in the Emerald Corner. Before Starbucks
and Microsoft, Bill Gates and the cash cow called "Grunge."
Falling in love with the rain and the wonderful spontaneity of
the place Jim immediately started writing songs about it. Over
the years the catalog grew. Then someone suggested that some
of these songs be recorded to created a ballad overview of the
city, its life and times, and Jim's life in it. This is the
result. The oldest song is First Avenue, going back to 1971.
The newest is "I Keep Comin' Back," written specifically for
the project in 2004. And the others span the times between.
Listening to this album you will take the Ferry to dry land,
walk through Gasworks Park, meet a singer on the road who
picks up two AWOL hitch hikers and takes them to Canada, rid
buses and avoid the cops on First Avenue, meet a pool hustler
named Walter Tortoise, watch Paul Allen take over, see the new
baseball stadium get built, see the wrecking ball tear down
the old hotels, ride the Fremont Bridge, have a crazy rag time
dream about the old rock and roll bar band days, and finally
fall in love with the place all over again. The
instrumentation is world class - Orville Johnson on resonator
and acoustic guitars, Grant Dermody on harmonica, Michael Gray
on fiddle, and Dale Fanning on percussion. And, of course, Jim
Page, singing, playing guitar, and painting lyrical pictures
for your ear.
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01-the whidbey island overwater transfer ferry line [03:05]
02-gasworks park [04:51]
03-the singer and the awol kid [04:02]
04-first avenue [03:54]
05-walter tortoise [03:13]
06-paul allentown [05:29]
07-all they want to talk about [05:02]
08-ice skating on the fremont bridge [02:44]
09-the wrecking ball blues [04:07]
10-guitar thing [05:34]
11-i keep comin' back [05:06]
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47:07 min