David Michael – Low Bid on a Dream [LP]
by Jeanie Straub
Low Bid on a Dream – a bluesy, jazzy mix of Americana – doesn’t feel like a debut. David Michael is there on the cover with his chocolate lab and his guitar wearing a black T shirt and jeans and black Doc Marten-type boots with a black top hat in front of a NO LOITERING sign as though he has been around the block, and that’s the way his music feels: Like a guy with a life of stories to tell. He’s really an experienced musician, and the lifetime of stories pretty much sets the stage for the theme of this CD, and the song titles fit: “Downtown Toledo,” “Blues Du Jour,” “Used Parts,” “Low Bid on a Dream,” “Lady’s Blues,” “Nickel Bag of Reefer and a Sixpack of Beer,” “Just an Old Tattoo” and “Love Takes a Drive.” Michael’s influences run from The Paul Butterfield Band, Allman Brothers, and James Taylor to The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, and he’s been “moved” by Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and Paul Simon, as if that would give you a hint to what is in store. (Know that the rhythm section was “lifted from Nick Forester’s E-town band.”) What this amounts to is a true pleasure. Simple complexity and fine grit.
Category: A-Sides
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