Sam Baker

Sam Baker - Pretty World (2007)

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Sam Baker - Pretty World (2007)
Genre: Folk | MP3 320 kbps | 90.5 MB | 41:13

“Sam Baker is one of the most unlikely singers ever recorded. His vocals, more spoken than sung, make musicians like Bob Dylan and Tom Waits sound lyrical and melodic. However that's not always a bad thing. His voice never gets in the way of the music or the story he's telling. Add the sound of his voice to his singular odd pronunciation and you have a very original artist, an artist who does his work caressing songs with his mind while scraping them with his voice. The combination is genius, honest, compelling and beautiful. The truth is Sam Baker is in a class by himself. His music is simple and rather amazing. Each song on the disc makes you not only anticipate the next one, but also nostalgic for the one that came before. On the inside cover of Baker's latest CD, Pretty World, are the words "how beautiful are these days." It sets the mood perfectly as Baker and his band set off to create a series of sound-scapes that range from simple folk acoustic to eerie classic country. There isn't a single bad tune on the album and all live up to that simple saying. It's hard to say Baker is a musical force because everything he does is understated, which is what makes his music so inherently strong. Hardly anyone else is doing what he does and probably no one else should. Baker has locked up his odd little corner of the music world and Pretty World is a really good sophomore release.”

Tracks:

01. Juarez
02. Orphan
03. Slots
04. Pretty World
05. Odessa
06. Sweetly Undone
07. Psychic
08. Boxes
09. Prelude
10. Broken Fingers
11. Days
12. Recessional

Personnel:
Mike Daly - slide guitar, pedal steel guitar
Rick Plant - electric guitar
Sam Baker - spoken vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Walt Wilkins - spoken vocals, acoustic guitar
Ron DeLaVega - cello, upright bass, electric bass
Mickey Grimm - drum, percussion
Guests include Joel Guzman, Lloyd Maines, Fats Kaplan, Joel Guzman, Marcia Ramirez, and Gurf Morlix.

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Sam Baker - Mercy (2004)

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Sam Baker - Mercy (2004)
Genre: Folk | MP3 224 kbps | 79.8 MB | 48 min.

Sam Baker's debut CD is a masterpiece of writing, production and performance. This classic work reveals its beauty more and more, with each subsequent play. 'Mercy' is a collection of stories of people and places made real by detail, believable because of their imperfection and memorable for their universal human experiences. Produced by Walt Wilkins and Tim Lorsch, each song is supported and enhanced by sensitive production. The strings, the haunting steel guitar and the beautiful voices of Joy Lynn White and Jessi Colter combined with Sam Baker's spoken/sung gravelly voice make music that shimmers like an orchestra yet retains the earthiness of Baker's Texas roots.

Tracks:
01. Waves
02. Truale
03. Baseball
04. Thursday
05. Change
06. Pony
07. Kitchen
08. Iron
09. Prelude
10. Steel
11. Angels
12. Mercy

Personnel: Tim Lorsch, Ron DelaVega, Mike Daly, Walt Wilkins, Mickey Grimm.
Additional personnel: Chris Baker-Davies, Randy Wayne Stizler, Tina Mitchell Wilkins, Jessi Colter, Joy Lynn White, Kevin Welch, Michael Kelsh, Stephanie Urbina Jones, Tim Carter, Rick Plant, Britt Savage.

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