My posting on received well over 200 downloads from the day I posted the concert. It was two weeks ago that legendary Kinks frontman Ray Davies performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Even if you're not familiar with Westerberg (or the Replacements), I highly recommend you give this recording a listen, it's well worth the money!
There are some great songs on here that has a similar sound to his last releases, but with a more raw sound and spontaneous feel to it, it reminds me the home recorded, Stereo/Mono discs from 2002. This release bypasses any label interference and the music was made available within a week after the recording was recorded and mixed. This was recording in Paul's basement and he handles all instruments and vocals with the exception of the last track, Oh Yeah!, which features Paul's son Johnny on microphone. Paul states on the downloadable liner notes, "This product is not faulty-all sounds are intentional and valid as a work of art". Many of the tracks fade into each other and at times it seems songs overlap.be warning nothing is wrong with the tracks or CD player, it suppose to be like that. This includes a short medley of covers such as, Hello Goodbye, Lost Highway, Born To Be Wild, Rocket Man etc. 49 cents and what you receive is one long mp3 file (not 49:00, but 43:55) consisting of approx. The recording is hovering atop the #1 position on the Amazon mp3 charts thanks in part to suspiciously low price of. The release date was July 49th (July 19) and the music is only available from (in the U.S.) and (outside the US including Canada) as a mp3 download.
Fans of Hay's distinctive singing will enjoy Wayfaring Sons, and Men at Work followers should give it a listen.I paid money for a CD online the other day, actually it wasn't an actually CD per say, but a download of Paul Westerberg's latest release, 49:00. Even Men at Work would have had problems in 1990, being sandwiched between the tail end of hair metal's heyday and the looming grunge scene. Unfortunately, Wayfaring Sons was not a commercial success. "Back in My Loving Arms" is a soothing, pleasant tune. Hay actually permits himself to take an electric guitar solo on "Help Me," a mid-tempo pop song with more environment-themed lyrics, told from Earth's point of view. "Don't Drink the Water" is the album's highlight it's a very Police-like ska/reggae song with cheeky, ecology-based lyrics. The most notable part of "Not So Lonely" is the Gaelic background vocals. The most Men at Work-like song here is "Into My Life." "Dream On (In the Night)" rests on Hay's warm, throaty singing burr and jittery percussion, bass guitar, and violin lines. Hay's music still sounds bright he's just using different tools to achieve it. It's rooted more in Celtic and folk music than the new wave and pub rock flavors of Men at Work, and this new direction is evident with the violin and jangly acoustic guitar on the title track. His new band included violinist/mandolinist Gerry Hale, bass guitarist Paul Gadsby, and drummer Robert Dillon.
Looking for Jack - credited to Colin James Hay - was issued in 1987, but then he formed the Colin Hay Band and eventually released Wayfaring Sons in 1990. After Men at Work broke up in the mid-'80s, vocalist/rhythm guitarist Colin Hay continued as a solo artist.