THAT GUITAR MAN FROM CENTRAL PARK: The People on the Hill

That Guitar Man from Central Park

The People on the Hill

© 1998 DaDi Records (765481628821)

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Acoustic-storytelling like James Taylor might have written if heavily influenced by the Beatles and Broadway

tracks

1 Wedding in Danville
2 Who the Hell Knows?
3 Joanne
4 Thank God for My Guitar (with John Micelli from Meatloaf)
5 The Way You Look Tonight
6 This Hill is Filled With Children
7 Dance With Your Memories
8 Another Fifteen Years
9 I Can't Wait (with Roni Mittenzwei)
10 The People on the Hill
11 I'll Be Here With You

notes

It's a long story...but it's a good story.

In the midst of what he describes as a "roller coaster ride" of a life, a man named David took his guitar to New York's Central Park.

He found a spot by The Lake on the west side facing a lazy, grassy hill and began to play his songs for the four or five people who were sitting there.

To a smattering of applause he replied, "Oh, that's okay. It's just us."

The five people turned into twenty.

Then the twenty became over 200...

Everyone singing along, smiling, mellowing in their own memories, diggin' the acoustic, rock, country and original sound of the Guitar Man by this magical little hill, right in the middle of the capital of the world.

It turned into something no one could describe.

It felt as if no one, including the Guitar Man, was capable of an unkind thought.

It was the music. It was New York City. It was magic. That afternoon was in June of 1992.

Since that day, David has packed up his axe and headed to Central Park every warm weekend.

Over the years, the people on the hill have numbered in the hundreds of thousands.

And yet it still feels as though...it's just us.

This CD is the first of five releases by David Ippolito, That Guitar Man from Central Park.

If you dig this one...ask us about his others!

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  • WOW
    author: MARK

    I was staying at the HINY and was able to see David's show andthan again on Saturday at his concert at the HINY, all I can say after buying one of the many I will buy ,is WOW. Thank you David for the awesome music!!!!!

  • I wish I'd gotten all of his CDs as I play this one a little too often.
    author: Emily Weinstein

    Stumbling upon David and The Hill was magical enough that I bought this CD. Now I wish I'd gotten all of his CDs as I play this one a little too often. I live less than an hour from Danville...and I will never think of that hick-town the same. Great music to paint by.

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