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Reviews - Gabriel Gordon - Aiding And Abetting

Gabriel Gordon does most of the playing and singing on this disc. And unlike most people who like to do the one-man band thing, Gordon isn't a techie or into a sound that lends itself to that method of recording. Gordon runs with the roots crowd, kicking out some sly takes on the sound. So there is a little funk, a little groove and a little soul. Still mostly built around Gordon's guitar (acoustic and electric), and still with an intimate sound. It's that sound that really draws me in.

Plenty of overdubs and splicing of tape, to be sure. But it sounds real. There are a couple of threadbare moments, and when Gordon gets soulful, he does tend to sound like Prince did on his first couple of albums (in a rootsy way), but hey, that doesn't suck. The kinda album that straddles a number of sounds, threatening to offend fans of each before they warm up to the vision. Not a criticism (I like the sort of blending that Gordon does), but just an observation. This might be a tough sell, but it sure works in my house.

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