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Folk/Country with strong melodic and lyrical hooks, great stories, humor, relevance, and universal themes.
Genre:
Folk: Traditional Folk
Release Date:
2005
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Renaissance Man
© Copyright-Steve Warner
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Warner paints vivid pictures of characters and places. The influences reach back to legends Jimmie Rodgers, Stephen Foster...the style suggests John Prine. The songs are distinctly original, ranging from traditional folk to pop country.
"Renaissance Man" offers up a gumbo of beautiful melodies, imagery, and harmonies eloquently framed in tasteful, predominantly acoustic arrangements that serve the songs well. Stylistically, the disc is in the folk/country genre with a tinge of pop, honky tonk, even vaudeville. Songs explore the topical...God Only Knows, The Human Heart...humorous...the title cut, I've Got Plans, Bubba Goes Fishin'...historical...Ronald P. Carter, Buried in Stone...the Beatles...Get It Back. There is also a cowboy song that sounds like it came from the Sons of the Pioneers songbook. A talented supporting cast of musicians plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, piano, clarinet, ukelele, dulcimer, etc. Two tracks feature Fiddlin' Joe Shewbridge, an original membe of Patsy Cline's band. The cd's final track is a plaintive guitar/vocal memorial to Warner's son, Daniel, who died in a 2003 car accident.
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author: Recreation News
Steve Warner's Renaissance Man is a fun, classic folk/country CD loaded with songs that get stuck in your head. Warner shifts from vocalizing traditional American themes to entertaining with down-home country lyrics. Listen for different country (John Prine) and folk (Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie) influences on several tunes.
The ragtime clarinet on 'I've Got Plans' reminds me of the barbership quartet era, but deals with contemporary subjects. Warner adds sentimental touches by including a 78-rpm background chorus to this otherwise digital recording, reminding us that you can be both nostalgic and modern at the same time. Incorporating the two enriches our appreciation for his music.
Warner has mastered humorous storytelling in the title track, a commercial pop tune about a character familiar to most of us in the 21st century. He puts so much energy into obtaining modern conveniences that he hasn't got time to enjoy the things he owns. Sexuality also receive Warner'
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Warner's clear, strong vocals are delivered with sincere, old-fashioned charm.
author: Shepherdstown Chronicle
Life is crazy for a Renaissance Man.
The lyrics from the title track of local singer-songwriter Steve Warner’s new CD foretell a collage of tunes and moods that range from the silly in “Bubba Goes Fishin’” to the real loss in “Ready or Not.”
The latter was written for Warner’s son Daniel Benjamin Warner who was killed at the age of 24 in a car accident in May 2003. Renaissance Man . . . Warner’s second album is dedicated to Daniel.
Warner delivers seasoned vocals, guitar, harmonica and percussion. Nancy Lynn backs him up on vocals. And Rob Shaw serves up some serious strings by turns on dulcimer, mandolin and guitar. Warner, Lynn and Shaw make up the trio of The Rolling Coyotes. They get help from many friends on Renaissance Man, including Fiddlin’ Joe Shewbridge, who played with Patsy Cline.
Warner’s clear, strong vocals are delivered with sincere, old-fashioned charm and are well-tempered by Lynn’s soft and sweet back up singing. These qualities marry well with the trad
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author: Kathy Moran
This CD's got a little something for everyone on it -- you'll sing a little, dance a little, laugh a little, and maybe cry a little. Slip off those cowboy boots, settle back, and take a little time out for a good listen.
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