Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass by Ian (Accordion) Moore (CD, Jan-1999, Hablador)

Album Features
UPC:	659607000120
Artist:	Ian (Accordion) Moore
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1999
Record Label:	Hablador
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Four Winds
2. Airplane
3. Closer
4. Pennyroyal Tea
5. Paris, TX
6. Ain't Feeling No Pain
7. Border Place
8. Hey Bulldog
9. Beautiful Light
10. Us/Them
11. Big Girl Now
12. Now You're Gone
13. Many Rivers to Cross
14. Elephant Tears

Details
Distributor:	Select-O-Hits
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass is a happy crossing of the blues he grew up playing and pop of groups like the Beatles. Moore grew up steeped in the tradition of the blues with a heavy dose of the R&B music of the '60s and such groups as Sly & the Family Stone along with the songwriting talents of Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder. One of his first outings was a guitarist for Joe Ely, which helped build the songwriting skills of this talented guitarist and vocalist. This disc brings all those various influences into play and shows that he has taken these diverse influences and molded them into something that is uniquely his own. This disc is dominated by his singing, and he does have a good strong voice that holds its own but really shines on the James Chambers-written "Many Rivers to Cross." His version of this song, with the band rock-solid behind him each step of the way, following both his voice and guitar leads, is the standout on the disc. There is truly not a weak cut on the disc, and the songs with their differing styles are artfully blended to make a comprehensive whole. ~ Bob Gottlieb