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Re: Tribute on AMAZON.com

From: Ginny G.
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Date: 05-Oct-2002
Time: 09:17 AM

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Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. A criminally-overlooked artist has left us...., September 30, 2002

Reviewer: Doug Vencill (see more about me) from Independence, MO United States A little earlier this evening, I tuned into CNN2 and got word that Mickey Newbury has passed away at age 62. The world has lost a tremendously-talented singer songwriter who, for me, belonged in the same league as all the greats: Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, John Martyn, Don McLean, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Nick Drake, & Duncan Sheik...I was so hoping that at some point in my life Mickey would tour and come through the midwest again so that I could catch him here in Kansas City, and hopefully be able to meet him backstage and have him autograph my well-worn radio station copy of Frisco Mabel Joy. This wonderful album has been a companion of mine for years, and my fondest memories of my senior year of high school included hearing "An American Trilogy" on our local Top 40 station in the small town in Nebraska where I grew up. This was, and continues to be one of the most beautiful, heart-tugging pieces of Americana these ears have ever heard. (I've since been able to forgive the late King of Rock & Roll for doing his own cheesy, Vegas-style version of this song.) This is not a perfect Mickey Newbury album, but as close to it as they come. I'm partial to the man's ballads...along with "Trilogy," heartbreakers such as "You're Not My Same Sweet Baby" and "Remember the Good" rank right up there with the best of them. It would be obvious to anyone with something larger than a marble for a brain that Mickey, like so many of the troubadors of the 60's and 70's, went through a lot of strife & inner torment, lived to tell about it, and shared those experiences with us through the gifts of their songs. I can't recommend this album highly enough for anyone who appreciates the kind of music that hits you so hard, and presses every one of your buttons, that before you know it, you notice that there's a smile on your face as the tears fall from your eyes. God bless you, Mick, for giving us a masterpiece of a recording that has held up flawlessly over the last 31 years. The world is just a little bit darker in the wake of your passing, and my guess is that the ones who've gone on before you are planning a hell of an after-life jam session to welcome you. Be at peace, brother...all your trials are now over.

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