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| Brown Book | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kev Rowe
Label: J.a.m.Town Records
Category: Music
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1079873
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 803232010522
EAN: 0803232010522
ASIN: B0007CKALA
Release Date: June 1, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Eyes So Blue | | • | Just Another Day | | • | Godfather Suite | | • | Comfort Me | | • | Slip Away | | • | Sunday Drive | | • | Alive Again | | • | Lover's Gravity | | • | I Wonder Why | | • | Natural Melody | | • | Old Man In Me | | • | Goodbye Sweet Confusion |
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| Customer Reviews:
guitar-guru is also a crafty songwriter January 11, 2005
I'm privileged to write about a longtime friend whom I am also a longtime fan of. Local guitarguru Kevin Rowe has just released his first solo CD, a collection of his own songs titled Brown Book.
Kev Rowe is a venerable fixture in our music scene. A founding member of 5 Cubic Feet and now the lead guitarist of Big Leg Emma, Rowe is no stranger to recording or performing. This experience as well as Rowe's kind and soulful wisdom come together in twelve textured tracks with a traditional style for songwriting.
Recorded mostly at Jamestown's Stone House Studios, Brown Book was mixed and mastered by Rowe's former 5 Cubic Feet partner, Ryan Seekings at Allsound Group in Warren, PA. Rowe's current Big Leg Emma bandmate and local fiddle favorite Amanda Barton also appears throughout the disc.
Collaboration is a big musical motivation for Rowe. He credits his experiences with Big Leg Emma for pushing him creatively.
In fact, "Eyes So Blue," the first track on Brown Book has been recorded by Big Leg Emma as well and will be included as the second track on BLE's upcoming album, this time
with Barton singing lead.
Rowe has created an acoustic gem with Brown Book. He sings deeply personal stories told against the backdrop of masterfully connected instruments. Kevin's style easily reminds the listener
of great classic songwriters like Lightfoot and Kristopherson.
The production value of Brown Book is exactly what you hope for out of an acoustic album or even a fresh picked apple: clean, crisp, and delicious. The instrumentation is flawless.
Rowe's mastery of melody is as evident on
Brown Book as it is in any of his guitar performances.
Like many singer/songw r i t e r s ,
Rowe's songs could seem sappy at times, but other times they
grab you by the heart and you find yourself hanging on every note. His unique singing quality is similar. On some tracks he may sound a little like Barenaked Ladies, on others Rowe
embodies his own sound altogether.
Track four on Brown Book, "Comfort Me," is possibly the sweetest song you'll ever hear. Incidentally, it is the only track on the album Rowe didn't write alone. Possibly the track seems so romantic because he wrote it with his soon-to-be bride. I'm also quite fond of track ten, "Natural Melody" as well as the reworking of the 5 Cubic Feet classic, "Old Man in Me." Both offer masterful instrumentation and inventive vocal melodies worth listening to. If you like the singer/songwriter genre, you
should support a local favorite, and pick up a copy of Brown Book today. Tell Kevin Rev. Salamone sent ya'!
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