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 "Jon Wilcox's Song Traveler is a lovely mix of original songs, traditional songs and songs drawn from such disparate songwriters as Chuck Berry, Ewan MacColl, Robbie Robertson, Jean Ritchie and Merle Haggard. ...The album is a seamless set, united by Wilcox's sweet voice, and the very tasteful contributions of musicians like Orville Johnson, fellow Marley's Ghoster Ed Littlefield, Jr. and Van Dyke Parks. Laurie Lewis's lovely harmonies grace several songs including a gorgeous version of Haggard's Kern River." -- MR, Sing Out, Summer 2003
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Daniel and the Sacred Harp * Highweeds and Hemlock * For Marguerite * Golden Heart * Brown-eyed Handsome Man * San Juan Serenade * Sweet Thames Flow Softly * Van Dieman's Land * Hazel Eyes * The Granemore Hare * Kern River * Blues for Sportin' Life * West Virginia Mine Disaster * Looking Into You *
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"Musician Jon Wilcox is a Santa Barbara native with countless songs in his heart and notable bands on his resume, including Marley's Ghost and the Rincon Ramblers. Now comes a wonderful solo debut, Still Life, a rich song set that can be touching and socio - historical (the waltz Antietam) and giddy (the title track). Wilcox sings with an assured, brushed leather voice, and posseses a good sense of how to mix folk, soul, and C&W instincts into a happy whole. He also shows the good taste of including ample slide guitars in the mix, with Sally Van Meter playing sweetly on dobro, Ed Littlefield Jr. supplying dreamy washes of pedal steel, among other glissando - happy tones. Other guests include Phil Salazar on fiddle and Leslie King on harmony vocals. The album closes with a sad - funny shrug of a tune, My George Jones Imitation, about the increasing relevancy of Jones's glum twang in a life turning sour." -Montecito Journal
Still Life * Science Ain't Gonna Save You, Baby * The Good Ship Hispaniola * Older Than Methusaleh * My Son Calls Another Man Daddy * Antietam * Crazy Love * Men o' Worth * Agua Caliente * Lover * Another Day * My George Jones Imitation
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