RELEASE:
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ARTIST: Bob Dorough
TITLE: Small Day Tomorrow
GENRE: Easy Listening
YEAR: 2006
SOURCE: CDDA
BITRATE: VBRKbps/44.1KHz
RIP DATE: 17.05.2006
TRACK LIST:
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01 04:19 small day tomorrow
02 05:29 marilyn queen of lies
03 06:49 antiquated love
04 04:02 harry in the night
05 05:12 the winds of heaven
06 04:17 feet, do your stuff
07 03:35 on top of mount tipsey
08 06:49 new song
09 06:40 the ballad of the sad young man
10 04:16 nothing like you (an extravagant love song)
11 05:12 never had the blues at all
12 05:06 evenin wearies
TRACKS: 12
TOTAL TIME: 61:46 min
RELEASE NOTES:
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At a sprightly 82 years of age, Bob Dorough was compelled by U.K. bassist Geoff Gascoyne to come to
England, do a few dates, and record Small Day Tomorrow his first recorded work since the release of
Sunday at Iridium in 2004. And if you think for one moment that, at 83, things might be slowing down for
the "My Hero Zero" guy, think again. If anything, he's got more juice and gusto than anyone his age
should be allowed to flaunt. Teaming once again with longtime lyrical collaborator Fran Landesman,
Dorough offers up a full plate of quirky, fun, and enthusiastic readings that reveal the permanent kid
lodged inside of him. Whether "Comin' Home Baby" or "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" is your bag,
you'll have a hard time not being taken in by Dorough's effortless musicianship, dramatic delivery, and
kindhearted wit; all of which are found, in abundance, on Small Day Tomorrow. Amiable personality aside,
the playing on this date is stellar (both from Dorough and his crack team of sidemen) with Gascoyne, in
particular, offering up some articulate arrangement talent. Intimate and candid would be the best way to
describe both the performance and the songwriting, and Fran Landesman's matteroffact revelations on
life, love, and leisure blossom through Dorough's emphatic delivery. Case in point, the title track,
which plops the listener into the mind of a person who's most significant struggle, at the moment, is
how to spend a free evening "I don't have to go to bed/I've got a small day tomorrow." It's lighthearted
for sure, but speaks to the immediate importance of those mundane (but ohsopersonallyimportant)
decisions we all make every hour of the day, and succeeds in making a good case for their poignancy,
without any sappy pretense whatsoever. It's genuine, and that is Bob Dorough's strongest suit, and the
album's greatest strength as well. For those who only know Dorough as the cartoon guy, here's a fine
reason to explore the real deal, with no danger of the man losing any of that boyish charm they've come
to love. For the "older and wiser" set, here's Dorough simply doing what he does best: crooning, hamming
it up, and impressing every step of the way.
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